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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
| Published | Sep 05 2019 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 432 |
| ISBN | 9781786696755 |
| Imprint | Apollo |
| Illustrations | 50 b&w |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
