Humlehjertene Explained

Humlehjertene
Border:yes
Author:Ola Bauer
Country:Norway
Language:Norwegian
Genre:novel
Published:1980
Publisher:Gyldendal

Humlehjertene (English: The Bumblebee Hearts) is a novel published in 1980 by the Norwegian writer Ola Bauer.[1] The narrator travels to Paris, falls in love with the Finnish girl "Marja", and ends up on the barricades with paving stones in his hands.[2] As a former journalist Bauer had been in Paris during the May 1968 events.[3] Bauer was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment for his literary works in 1982.[4]

The novel is the third in a series about the character "Jo Vendt". The independent sequel Rosapenna was published in 1983.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bauer, Ola . Humlehjertene . 1980 . Ola Bauer . Norwegian . Gyldendal . Oslo . 82-05-12418-3 .
  2. Book: Rottem, Øystein . Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen . 196–197 . Øystein Rottem . 3 . Cappelen . Oslo . 1998 . Norwegian . 82-02-16426-5 .
  3. Rottem, 1998 p. 194
  4. Web site: Gyldendalprisen . Forfatterportalen.no . Norwegian . 9 March 2010.