Villy Surensen, Author, Villy Sorensen, Author, Villy Srensen, Author University of Nebraska Press $25 (244p) ISBN 978-0-8032-4185-5
Translated from the Danish, these 12 short stories by a recipient of the Swedish Academy's ``Little Nobel Prize,'' are, as noted in the Afterword, ``exclusive and demanding.'' Composites of allegory and irony, they are influenced by many sources,...
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Villy Sorensen, Author, Paula Hostrup-Jessen, Designed by, Villy Srensen, Author Norvik Press $18.95 (137p) ISBN 978-1-870041-15-7
These eight quirky stories are slightly off center when it comes to reality but directly on target in emotional terms. Several of the central characters have some kind of special gift or handicap, and often the same characteristic turns out to be...
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Villy Sorensen, Author, Steven T. Murray, Translator, Tiina Nunnally, Translator Fjord Press $8.94 (133p) ISBN 978-0-940242-42-5
Something is sententious in the state of Denmark, whence hail these 46 very brief entries. Sorensen ( The Downfall of the Gods ) addresses, primarily, philosophical dilemmas, religious tradition and classical mythology; recasts them in pseudo-fabulou
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Villy Sorensen, Author, Paula Hostrup-Jessen, Translator, Michael McCurdy, Illustrator University of Nebraska Press $17.95 (123p) ISBN 978-0-8032-4201-2
The familiar Norse gods who figure in this lively reworking of the classic Edda, include Odin, the oldest, and the chief; Freyja, goddess of love; Thor and Tyr, gods of war; and the interloper, mischievous, shape-changing Loki. Squabbling among...
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