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Author Skille, Nan Bentzen, author.

Title Inside the gate : Sigrid Undset's life at Bjerkebæk / Nan Bentzen Skille ; translated by Tiina Nunnally
Edition First University of Minnesota Press edition
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2018
©2009

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Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Lillehammer Station-Disembark on the right; Sigrid Undset makes herself a home; With an office in "Norway's most beautiful home"; The "guesthouse" that became the "priest's house"; The garden-"the third loveliest" in the world; The children at Bjerkebæk; Mathea Mortenstuen; Miniature theaters and other sorts of drama; The Nobel Prize comes to Lillehammer; The difficult thirties; "Fight for all that you hold dear"; The curtain falls; Epilogue; Notes; Chronology; Photo credits
Summary "Inside the Gate offers readers a rare glimpse into Sigrid Undset's life at her home, Bjerkebæk now a museum and national landmark in Lillehammer, Norway. Drawing on a wealth of historical documents, Nan Bentzen Skille's lively narrative presents an intimate portrait of the Nobel Prize winner's intense emotional life and creative endeavors, with Bjerkebæk at the center of it all"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949.
SUBJECT Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949 fast
Subject Bjerkebæk (Lillehammer, Norway)
SUBJECT Bjerkebæk (Lillehammer, Norway) fast
Subject Authors, Norwegian -- 20th century -- Biography
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
Authors, Norwegian
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Nunnally, Tiina, 1952- translator.
LC no. 2017054254
ISBN 9781452957210
1452957215
Other Titles Innenfor gjerdet. English