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The Boat in the Evening

The Boat in the Evening

The Boat in the Evening is a 1968 novel by the Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas. It has a fragmentary and meditative narrative which centres on a child who observes a crane colony perform its breeding ritual. It was the author's final book. It was published in English in 1971, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan.


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“Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.”

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