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The Cabin in the Mountains
Robert Ferguson
其他書名
A Norwegian Odyssey
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019-09-05
主題History / Europe / Nordic CountriesTravel / Europe / Nordic Countries / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / HistoricalBiography & Autobiography / Personal MemoirsNature / GeneralHistory / Social HistoryBiography & Autobiography / General
ISBN17866967549781786696755
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=T7SfEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.

'Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream' Professor John Carey

'Illuminating' TLS

'An uncompromising journey into the dark cold north, to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds' Tim Ecott