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La Trilogie de l'AlbertaSéries

Cette trilogie raconte le parcours d'une jeune femme qui défie les attentes sociales dans une petite ville provinciale étouffante. Son histoire est celle d'une lutte intérieure, de la recherche d'identité et du courage de défier les conventions. La série mêle avec maestria observations perspicaces, écriture descriptive brillante et caractérisation profonde. Elle offre un récit puissant de rébellion et d'aspiration à la liberté sur fond d'horizons limités.

Alberta and Freedom
Alberta and Jacob
Alberta Alone

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  1. 1

    Alberta and Jacob

    • 240pages
    • 9 heures de lecture
    4,2(36)Évaluer

    Hailed as a masterpiece on its British publication in 1962, this Modern Classic reissue should bring this magnificent novel to a new generation. Imaginative and intelligent, Alberta is a misfit trapped in a stiflingly provincial town in the far north of Norway whose only affinity is for her extrovert brother Jacob. Combining mastery of style and characterization with brilliant descriptive writing, this powerful story of a young woman's rebellion is universally regarded as one of the greatest novels to come from Scandinavia.

    Alberta and Jacob
  2. 2

    Alberta and Freedom

    • 246pages
    • 9 heures de lecture
    4,0(183)Évaluer

    Alberta Selmer escapes from her cold, suffocating provincial life in Norway to seek out the 'summer riches' of Paris: a city where the bohemians will never die, where there is absinthe, endless talk of 'cubism' and the petrol engine is replacing the horse on the Champs Elyses.

    Alberta and Freedom
  3. 3

    Alberta Alone

    • 288pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    The work of one of Norway's most distinguished 20th-century novelists, Alberta Alone forms the last part of the Alberta trilogy, which traces the emotional development of a lethargic and unhappy girl into a self-sufficient woman. The previous volumes of this trilogy have been widely acclaimed as being among the masterpieces of contemporary literature. In this third part, which stands as a novel on its own, Alberta, now mistress to Sivert, a Norwegian artist, is living in Paris with their small son. While Sivert is involved in a liaison with a Swedish painter, Alberta falls in love with Pierre, a writer who has just returned from the First World War. After a period of conflict Sivert and Alberta return to Norway, and there Alberta's self-realisation becomes complete. With subtlety and insight, Cora Sandel depicts the gradual corrosion of a relationship, against the background of the aftermath of the Great War.

    Alberta Alone