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Johannes V. Jensen - The Fall of the King - 9780816677542 - V9780816677542
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The Fall of the King

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Description for The Fall of the King Paperback. Translator(s): Bower, Alan G. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.

Taking place during the first half of the sixteenth century, The Fall of the King tells the story of dreamy, slacking student Mikkel Thøgersen and the entanglements that ultimately bring him into service as a mercenary under King Christian II of Denmark. Moving from the Danish countryside to Stockholm during the execution of Swedish nobility and finally to the imprisonment of Mikkel and Christian, the narrative is a lyrical encapsulation of “the fall”—the fall of country, history, individuals, and nature.

Twice voted as the most important Danish novel of the twentieth century, The Fall of the King is both an ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816677542
SKU
V9780816677542
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Johannes V. Jensen
Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950) is widely considered the first great Danish writer of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944.

Reviews for The Fall of the King
"The Fall of the King recaptures for us with an astonishing vividness the feeling of the period. . . . What lures you to the end is the power of its descriptions; what makes it distinguished at rare moments is the richness of its poetry." —New York Times

Goodreads reviews for The Fall of the King


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