Book details
The History of Danish Dreams
A Novel
Author: Peter Høeg; Translated by Barbara Haveland
The History of Danish Dreams
$11.99
About This Book
Book Details
Through a series of vividly imaginative and wildly colorful characters, Hoeg gives us a very different account of the twentieth century, which in Denmark encompasses the transition from a medieval society to a modern welfare state with its accompanying cultural revolutions. Reminiscent of the work of the magical realists but with a distinctive Nordic twist, The History of Danish Dreams is a truly magical novel.
Imprint Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN
9781466850743
In The News
“Høeg writes prose that is as bitter, changeable, and deep-fathomed as poetry--prose that demands to be read aloud and savored.” —The New Yorker
“An exuberant, freewheeling fantasy.” —The Washington Post
“A very fine piece of imaginative writing.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A young man's all-or-nothing book, as if Søren and Hans, those melancholy Danes, had teamed up and set sail, with Melville and García Márquez, to rewrite the universe.” —The Nation
“A uniquely talented writer . . . A multigenerational saga spanning four centuries of Danish history.” —Booklist