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The Cabin in the Mountains - A Norwegian Odyssey

Robert Ferguson

Publisher: Apollo

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Summary

The wooden holiday cabin, or hytte, is a staple of Norwegian life. Robert Ferguson, author of Scandinavians, explores the significance of a national icon in this charming, affectionate history.
 
Turf-roofed and wooden-built, offering fresh air, breathtaking views and peaceful isolation, the wooden cabin home – or hytte – is a crucial part of Norwegian national identity. In 2016, Robert Ferguson and his wife bought a piece of land high up in the Hardangervidda, and on it they built a cabin.
 
As the cabin takes shape, Ferguson learns how native Norwegians have married a new-found urban affluence to their past as a tight-knit rural community-nation, and confronts his own ideas about the dream-tradition of the hytte, drawing an affectionate but unsentimental portrait of Norwegian culture, society and landscape.
 
'Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream' Professor John Carey
 
'Illuminating' TLS
 
'An uncompromising journey into the dark cold north, to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds' Tim Ecott
Available since: 09/05/2019.

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