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HOEG, PETER History of Danish Dreams
Delta, 1996. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 1996 FIRST PRINTING. Minor cover edge wear, minor shelf wear, pages slightly toned. "In a series of linked vignettes that move from 16th-century aristocratic arrogance to 20th-century social crisis, Hoeg offers a wildly inventive account of Danish history. He opens with the story of Carl Laurids, a steward's son at the manor of Morkhoj, where time has stood still for four centuries following a decree from the count. Amalie Teander, scion of a newspaper family whose matriarch cannot read but magically predicts the future; Anna Bak, a parson's daughter who seems to be one of God's elect; Adonis Jensen, who veers from the family profession of thievery -- all are remarkable creations embedded in an ornate, carefully observed text. In the book's second half, these characters link up in explosive combinations. While profoundly different in style from the suspenseful Smilla's Sense of Snow (LJ 8/93) and Borderland (LJ 8/94), a hard-edged social fable, this new novel -- actually, the author's first, though the third published here -- sustains Hoeg's attack on conformity and social injustice. A dark but brilliant fairy tale; highly recommended." -- Library Journal.
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