Overview
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.
''Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream'' Professor John Carey
''Illuminating'' TLS
''An uncompromising journey into the dark cold north, to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds'' Tim Ecott
- | Author: Robert Ferguson
- | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- | Publication Date: Jul 08, 2021
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781789544671
- | ISBN-10: 178954467X