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Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery by Wendy Lesser (English) Paperback B

Description: Scandinavian Noir by Wendy Lesser Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description For nearly four decades, Wendy Lessers primary source of information about three Scandinavian countries-Sweden, Norway, and Denmark-was mystery and crime novels, and the murders committed and solved in their pages. Having never visited the region, Lesser constructed a fictional Scandinavia, something between a map, a portrait, and a cultural history of a place that both existed and did not exist. Lessers Scandinavia was disproportionately populated with police officers but was also filled with the stuff of everyday life, relayed in great detail in the novels she read: a fully realized world complete with its own traditions, customs, and, of course, people.Over the course of many years, Lessers fictional Scandinavia grew more and more solidly visible to her, especially as it became augmented by Nordic movies and TV shows. Yet she never had a strong desire to visit the real countries that corresponded to the made-up ones-until, she writes, "between one day and the next, that no longer seemed sufficient." It was time to travel to Scandinavia.With vivid storytelling and an astonishing command of the literature, Wendy Lessers Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery illuminates the vast, peculiar world of this imagined Scandinavia-first as it appears on the page, then as it grows in her mind, and finally as it exists in reality. Shaped by sharp criticism, evocative travel writing, and a whimsical need to discover "the difference between existence and imagination, reality and dream," Scandinavian Noir is a thrilling and inventive literary adventure from a masterful writer and critic. Author Biography Wendy Lesser is the founder and editor of The Threepenny Review. She has written one novel and eleven previous works of nonfiction; recent books include Music for Silenced Voices, Why I Read, and You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn, which won the Marfield Prize for Arts Writing and the PEN America Award for Research Nonfiction. A recipient of grants and fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin, the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Swedish Academy, and numerous other organizations, she currently divides her time between Berkeley, California, and New York City. Details ISBN 125079840X ISBN-13 9781250798404 Title Scandinavian Noir Author Wendy Lesser Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 288 Publisher St Martins Press GE_Item_ID:133210801; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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Book Title: Scandinavian Noir : in Pursuit of a Mystery

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Picador

Item Height: 0.8 in

Publication Year: 2021

Topic: Europe / Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden), European / Scandinavian, Books & Reading

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Literary Criticism, Travel

Item Weight: 9.5 Oz

Item Length: 7.8 in

Author: Wendy Lesser

Item Width: 5.8 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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