Norwegian Wood, Lars Mytting
Norwegian Wood, Lars Mytting
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Norwegian Wood
Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

Author: Lars Mytting

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 5 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2016

Synopsis

The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson–like thriller; it's a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more than a year. Norwegian Wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of taking care of your heating needs, but it's also a thoughtful attempt to understand man's age-old predilection for stacking wood and passion for open fires. An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture, the book also features enough inherently interesting facts and anecdotes and inspired prose to make it universally appealing.

This U.S. edition is a fully updated version of the Norwegian original.

About Lars Mytting

Lars Mytting, an author and journalist, was born in Favang, Norway, in 1968. He has written three critically acclaimed novels; the latest was awarded the National Booksellers Award in Norway, and his books have been translated into several languages. However, it was Norwegian Wood [Hel Ved], a work of nonfiction, that made him a household name in Scandinavia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Markus

Wood isn’t something much thought about or talked about in Norwegian public life, at least not until the larger connections are made to the goal of a society based on bioenergy. Yet wood will always resonate at some deep level inside me and my compatriots, because our relationship to fire is so anci......more

Goodreads review by Philippe

At first sight, this book looks like a practical joke. 200 pages about chopping, splitting, stacking and drying wood? But I picked it up because we’ve moved to a house with a fireplace. That’s something we didn’t have before. So I thought I might collect some good advice. And the book offers that, i......more

Goodreads review by Julie

Who’d have thought that this book would show up in British and American bookshops?! I’d heard of it’s huge success in my native Norway and Sweden (200,000+ copies sold), but thought for sure that’s where it would remain. Norwegian Wood is a non-fiction book about chopping firewood. Stacking firewood......more

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