The Cabin in the Mountains: A Norwegian Odyssey (Paperback)

Robert Ferguson (author)

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Paperback 336 Pages
Published: 08/07/2021

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Synopsis

Ferguson's captivating memoir about building a cabin in the Norwegian mountains offers fascinating insights into the nature, culture and social history of the Nordic nation.

The wooden holiday cabin, or hytte, is a staple of Norwegian life. Robert Ferguson, author of Scandinavians, explores the significance of a national icon in this charming, affectionate history.

Turf-roofed and wooden-built, offering fresh air, breathtaking views and peaceful isolation, the wooden cabin home - or hytte - is a crucial part of Norwegian national identity. In 2016, Robert Ferguson and his wife bought a piece of land high up in the Hardangervidda, and on it they built a cabin.

As the cabin takes shape, Ferguson learns how native Norwegians have married a new-found urban affluence to their past as a tight-knit rural community-nation, and confronts his own ideas about the dream-tradition of the hytte, drawing an affectionate but unsentimental portrait of Norwegian culture, society and landscape.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781789544671
Number of pages: 336
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

'Illuminating ... Insightful knowledge of Norway's cultural and social history' - TLS

'Ferguson takes us on an uncompromising journey into the dark cold north, to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds - qualities all too often lost in our modern urban lives' - Tim Ecott

'Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream' - Professor John Carey