The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas PAPERBACK 9781805330790

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nAn intense friendship between 2 young girls turns tragic when one gets lost in a frozen waterfall\u2019s ice chambers in this dreamlike Norwegian masterpiece\n\nFeatures a new introduction by Karl Ove Knausgaard\n\nIn rural Norway, 11-year-old Siss, socially at ease and popular among her peers, finds herself drawn to the new girl in class, Unn. Unn is shy and strange, but holds a magnetic power for her more gregarious classmate. Their friendship is cemented after a dreamy afternoon spent gazing into each other\u2019s eyes in the mirror, exchanging hinted secrets and perhaps pieces of their souls.\n\nBut the next day, Unn, embarrassed by her new intimacy with Siss, skips school and goes to explore a series of ice caves around a nearby waterfall. Lost in the labyrinthine chambers, she.