Johan Bojer

• Oct-1991
• / Historical
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Bojer's novel of Norwegian emigration in the 1880s tells of young villagers who leave the Old World to seek a better life. Their trek takes them to homesteads in North Dakota, where they find that breaking the sod and surviving blizzards are easier t...

• Mar-2009
• / General Fiction
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Excerpt from Life

Now just listen to me, Holth! He said. If you were to throw off the bread-winner, schoolmaster and social reformer for a week, you'd see what a different man you'd be when you came back. There'll be moonlight and dancing on t...

• Apr-2015
• / Psychological Suspense
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From the INTRODUCTION. "This is a great book." I can have no hesitation whatever in saying that. Rarely in reading a modern novel have I felt so strong a sense of reality and so deep an impression of motive. It would be difficult to praise too highl...

• Jun-2015
• / Psychological Suspense
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"A big ironic book, finely conceived and very finely executed." -James Branch Cabell, in the "New York Sun." "A fine book, moist with life, which stands well out of the surrounding banalities. You will be depriving yourself of a rare pleasure if you...

• May-2025
• / Literary
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Gamle Historier is a collection of short stories by Johan Bojer, originally published in 1901. These stories, written in Norwegian, offer a glimpse into the lives and experiences of people in a bygone era. Bojer's elegant prose and keen observations ...

• May-2025
• / Literary
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God and Woman Dyrendal by Johan Bojer is a compelling work of historical fiction that delves into the lives of individuals shaped by their faith and the harsh realities of rural existence. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Norway, the no...

• / General Fiction
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Johan Bojer (1872-1959) was a popular Norwegian novelist and dramatist. He principally wrote about the lives of the poor farmers and fishermen, both in his native Norway and among the Norwegian immigrants in the United States. Bojer learned early the...