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001			ocn965739567
003			OCoLC
005			20180722225037.0
008			161209s2017 mnu 000 1 eng d
010			_a 2017930110
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBTCTA _dBDX _dUOK _dGO9 _dGP5 _dNFG
020			_a1555977847 _q(paperback)
020			_a9781555977849 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)965739567
041	1		_aeng _hnor
043			_ae-no---
092			_aHeivoll, _bGaute
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aHeivoll, Gaute, _d1978- _eauthor. _9339877
240	1	0	_aOver det kinesiske hav. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aAcross the China Sea : _ba novel / _cGaute Heivoll ; translated from the Norwegian by Nadia Christensen.
264		1	_aMinneapolis, Minnesota : _bGraywolf Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a223 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In the waning days of the German occupation of Norway, Karin and her husband move from Oslo to a tiny village in the south with their young son, the narrator. There they aim to live out their dream of caring for those who can't look after themselves. They have spent months building a modest house with rooms for patients, and it's soon filled with three adult men who are psychologically unstable--including Karin's uncle Josef, who suffered a head injury in a carriage accident--and five siblings whose parents have been declared unfit, and who are the subjects of much conversation in the village. This small and idiosyncratic community persists for nearly three decades. After his parents' deaths, the son returns to clean out this unusual home. The objects of his childhood retain a talisman-like power over him, and key objects--including an orange crate where he and his sister slept as infants, Josef's medal of honor, his mother's beloved piano, and many others--unlock vivid memories. In recounting the ways that the siblings both are and are not a part of his family, he reveals his special relationship with Ingrid, who cannot speak, and his sister's accidental death, which occurred when they were playing together, and its quiet yet tragic effects on the extended family. With warmth, gentle humor, and deep compassion, Gaute Heivoll portrays an unconventional family as it navigates an uncertain and often unkind world."--Amazon.com.
650		0	_aFamilies _zNorway _vFiction. _9339878
650		0	_aSisters _xDeath _vFiction. _953883
651		0	_aNorway _xHistory _yGerman occupation, 1940-1945 _vFiction. _9322746
700	1		_aChristensen, Nadia, _etranslator. _9105631
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c259080 _d259080