Humlehjertene

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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). Humlehjertene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. ISBN 82-05-12418-3. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rottem, Øystein (1998). Norsk Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian) 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 196–197. ISBN 82-02-16426-5. 
  3. ↑ Rottem, 1998 p. 194
  4. ↑ "Gyldendalprisen" (in Norwegian). Forfatterportalen.no. Retrieved 9 March 2010. 
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