![]() ![]() … Siss felt it as a peculiar tingling in her body. … It seemed to Siss they were both playing some language of enticement.” When I first read it, I wondered if this was language would have read the same way in the original Norwegian - but in fact it continues it is not an aberration: “Siss began to feel Unn’s eyes on her in class. ![]() Even an early meeting is couched in the language of a very preliminary seduction: “ an attractive girl. They are in that weird, gray place between childhood and adolescence, and whatever bubbles up between them, scares and enraptures them both. I loved it the first time I read it, and liked it the second - maybe because the absolute otherworldliness of the titular ice palace - a frozen-over waterfall, and all the mysterious caverns behind it - were no longer a surprise, and what you’re left with is a difficult little story, about two young girls: 11-year-old Unn, newly arrived in a small Norwegian community, and Siss, a popular girl at their school. ![]() IN SHORT: This is an utterly strange story about the relationship between two young Norwegian girls, and the titular ice palace. THE BOOK: The Ice Palace, by Tarjei Vesaas The last book I read was Italy: My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante. I am trying to read a book from every country in the world. ![]()
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