The Ice Palace

Description

Two 11-year old girls, Unn and Siss meet. Unn is about to reveal a secret, one that leads to her death in a formation of ice caused by a large waterfall. Siss is left to struggle with the fidelity to the memory of a friend

Author description

Tarjei Vesaas was the author of several novels, volumes of poetry, and a book of short stories which was awarded an international prize at Venice in 1952. He was awarded several other prizes, and was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in 1964, 1968, and again in 1969.