Scandinavian Review back issues from April 2008:
Go Greenland!
Apr 01, 2008; ... Air Greenland and the island's travel industry are promoting tourism as never before and prospective visitors can be assured that there is far more to the island than its ice cap. TELL SOMEONE YOU'RE GOING TO GREENLAND AND-AFTER a moment's hesitation-they will come with one of two basic ...
Recipients of ASF's Gold Medals and Cultural Awards
Apr 01, 2008; ... 2008 Recipient of The American-Scandinavian Foundation's GOLD MEDAL Gro Harlem Brundtland FEW, IF ANY, INDIVIDUALS HAVE CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF environmental protection as vehemently and as persistently as Norway's Gro Harlem Brundtland. For more than three decades her ...
An Excerpt from The Position of the Sun
Apr 01, 2008; ... Translated from the Finnish by Michele Simeon winner of the 2007 ASF Translation Prize RANYA PAASONEN (née ElRamly) was born in 1974 and spent her childhood in India, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Egypt and Finland. She has lived in Helsinki since 1987 and presently ...
Norway's Space Adventures
Apr 01, 2008; ... Space exploration is more than daring astronauts and thrilling astronomy. It has practical applications that are becoming increasingly apparent. Norway is a small but important space nation that envisions playing a larger role in this exploration than do most countries. NORWAY HAS A LONG ...
Tivoli Gardens
Apr 01, 2008; ... One of Denmark's most popular attractions, Copenhagen's Tivoli offers rides, restaurants and a multitude of amusements amid scenic and restful surroundings-and it's smack in the middle of town. SLAPPING CONEY ISLAND, LINCOLN CENTER AND THE STATUE of Liberty together and plopping them ...
There Was a Dane at Custer's Last Stand
Apr 01, 2008; ... William Teeman was one of those massacred along with General George Armstrong Custer during the most famous action of America's Indian wars-the Battle of the Little Bighorn. WHEN THE DUST HAD SETTLED OVER CUSTER'S LAST stand and the survivors of the 7th Cavalry came down from their ...
The Demon of Dakar
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Demon of Dakar By Kjell Eriksson Translated from the Swedish by Ebba Segerberg Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, New York 2008 361 pages, softcover, $24.95 ISBN: 0-312-36669-8 This is the author's third crime novel to be published in the United States. In it, ...
Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the 21st Century
Apr 01, 2008; ... Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the 21st Century By Judith Gura W.W. Norton & Company, New York, New York 2007 304 pages, 500 color and 400 black & white illustrations, hardcover, $85 ISBN: 10:0-393-73151-0 Gura, a specialist in Scandinavian design, is a ...
Voices
Apr 01, 2008; ... Voices By Arnaldur Indriðason Translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, New York 2007 313 pages, hardcover, $23.95 ISBN: 13:978-0-312-35871-6 Following the success of the author's Jar City and Silence of the Grave we now have ...
Iceland's Future Energy
Apr 01, 2008; ... The country's hydrogen economy is poised to take off, with stunning repercussions for the rest of the world. ICELAND, SITUATED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF GREENLAND in the middle of the stormy North Atlantic, has a tiny population (300,000), few natural resources, no hydrocarbon deposits ...
The Fourth Man
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Fourth Man By K.O. Dahl Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, New York 2008 288 pages, hardcover, $22.95 ISBN: 10:0-312-37569-7 Oslo police officer Frank Frølich protects a woman who wanders into a shootout. When they meet ...
What Never Happens
Apr 01, 2008; ... What Never Happens By Anne Holt Translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson Grand Central Publishing, New York, New York 2008 400 pages, hardcover, $24.99 ISBN: 10: 0-466-57803-7 Holt, one of Scandinavia's most successful crime authors, is a former minister of justice, lawyer, TV news ...
An Excerpt from Lucky Per
Apr 01, 2008; ... Translated from the Danish by Naomi Lebowitz winner of ASF's Leif and Inger Sjöberg Translation Prize for 2007 DANISH WRITER Henrik Pontoppidan shared the 1917 Nobel Prize in Literature with his countryman Karl Gjellerup-a truly odd couple. This excerpt from Chapter 9 of ...
Memoirs of a Dead Man
Apr 01, 2008; ... Memoirs of a Dead Man By Hjalmar Bergman Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith Norvik Press, Norwich, England/Dufour Editions, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, 2007 352 pages, softcover, $26.95 ISBN: 978-1-870041-65-2 This novel by the great Swedish author, which first appeared in ...
Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane
Apr 01, 2008; ... Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane Translated from the Norwegian and introduced by Terje I. Leiren Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota University of Washington Press, 2007 245 pages, hardcover, $40 ISBN: 978-0-87732-096-8 Marcus Thrane (1817-1890) was a prophet ...
The Whale Road
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Whale Road By Robert Low Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, New York, New York, 2007 352 pages, hardcover, $24.95 ISBN: 0-312-36194-7 This is a historical novel about the Vikings who went east-to the Russian steppes. Orm Rurikson and his loyal band calling themselves the ...
Melancholy
Apr 01, 2008; ... Melancholy By Jon Fosse Translated from the Norwegian by Grethe Kvernes and Damion Searls Dalkey Archive Press, Norman, Illinois, 2006 284 pages, softcover, $13.95 ISBN-13: 978-1-56478-451-3 Heralded as "the new Ibsen" in Western Europe, Jon Fosse has published some 30 books of fiction, ...
The World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors: Selected Prose Poems
Apr 01, 2008; ... The World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors: Selected Prose Poems By Garsten René Nielsen Translated from the Danish by David Keplinger Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2007 103 pages, softcover, $14 ISBN: 10: 1-930974-70-1 Nielsen is the author of eight books ...
The Shadow in the Water
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Shadow in the Water By Inger Frimansson Translated from the Swedish by Laura A. Wideburg Caravel Books, New York, New York 2008 332 pages, softcover, $18 ISBN: 9781-929355-44-0 This psychological thriller is the second part of an acclaimed diptych about Justine Dalvik, guilty of two ...