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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781789544671Number of pages: 336Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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'Illuminating...Insightful knowledge of Norway's cultural and social history'- TLS
'Ferguson takes us on an uncompromising journey into the dark cold north,to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds - qualities all too often lost in our modern urban lives'- Tim Ecott
'Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream'- Professor John Carey
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