"Love, suspense, nature and superstition are woven together in this
powerful novel" MAJA LUNDE, author of The History of Bees "Lars
Mytting writes with an insight, empathy and integrity few others
can match" JO NESBO "An exquisitely atmospheric novel . . . The
Bell in the Lake does what fiction promises: to steal you away to
another world and ask you, if unfairly, to leave a little of your
heart behind" DEREK B. MILLER, author of Norwegian by Night
"Lyrical, melancholy and with beautifully drawn characters, this
pitches old beliefs against new ways with a haunting delicacy that
rings true." DAILY MAIL THE TIMES' "Historical Fiction Book of the
Month" The first in a rich historical trilogy that draws on legend,
by a literary craftsman and the author of The Sixteen Trees of the
Somme Norway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded
at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen, and for months the
ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life
beyond all this, beyond marriage, children, and working the land to
the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the
small parish, with its 700-year-old stave church carved with pagan
deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's
forefather in the sixteenth century, in memory of conjoined twins
Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne. They are said to hold supernatural
powers. The villagers are wary of the pastor and his resolve to do
away with their centuries-old traditions, though Astrid also finds
herself drawn to him. And then a stranger arrives from Dresden,
with grand plans for the church itself. For headstrong Astrid this
may be a provocation too far. Talented architecture student Gerhard
Schoenauer is an improbable figure in this rugged community. Astrid
has never met anyone like him; he seems so different, so sensitive.
She finds that she must make a choice: for her homeland and the
pastor, or for an uncertain future in Germany. Then the bells begin
to ring . . . Translated from the Norwegian by Deborah Dawkin
Deborah Dawkin originally trained in theatre at Drama Centre,
London, before turning to translation. Her translations include The
Blue Room by Hanne Orstavik and Buzz Aldrin: What Happened to You
in All the Confusion by Johan Harstad, shortlisted for the Best
Translated Book Awards in 2012. She is the co-translator of eight
plays by Ibsen for Penguin Classics. With the support of the
Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
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