Humlehjertene

Humlehjertene (English: The Bumblebee Hearts) is a novel published in 1980 by the Norwegian writer Ola Bauer.[1] The narrator travels to Paris, falls in love with the Finnish girl "Marja", and ends up on the barricades with paving stones in his hands.[2] As a former journalist Bauer had been in Paris during the May 1968 events.[3] Bauer was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment for his literary works in 1982.[4]

The novel is the third in a series about the character "Jo Vendt". The independent sequel Rosapenna was published in 1983.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bauer, Ola (1980) (in Norwegian). Humlehjertene. Oslo: Gyldendal. ISBN 82-05-12418-3. 
  2. ^ a b Rottem, Øystein (1998) (in Norwegian). Norsk Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 196–197. ISBN 82-02-16426-5. 
  3. ^ Rottem, 1998 p. 194
  4. ^ "Gyldendalprisen" (in Norwegian). Forfatterportalen.no. http://www.forfatterportalen.no/litteraturpriser/gyldendal.htm. Retrieved 9 March 2010.