The Weight of Snow Crystals (norwegian Modern and Contemporary Literature Translation Collection)
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The only special existence of Thorvald Steen, the pinnacle of Nordic literature and historical novelist, is a story that is both hard and soft; he transcends the heights of life and faces the difficulties and pain of growing up. Thorvald Steen (1954-) is a Norwegian government scholar and former chairman of the Norwegian Writers' Association. He won the Slovak Jan Hawley Award in 2007 and the Thomson Literary Award in 2010. His works have been translated into more than 20 languages and published in 18 countries. He enjoys a high status in the Nordic literary world. The protagonist of the novel is a fourteen-year-old boy who loves ski jumping and is extremely talented. The father has high expectations for the boy's career prospects, while the mother hopes that her son will give up this dangerous sport. However, on an ordinary training day, dire signs began to appear in the boy's body. He discovered that he had a rare muscle disease that would eventually lead to paralysis. One more jump from the high platform could have caused serious injury and he was told to give up the sport immediately. As the disease worsened, the boy's family also fell into a crisis of disintegration: the father refused to face his son's pain, and the mother could not bear the mental blow and was admitted to the hospital. In the end, the boy decided to jump again. Knowing that it might bring fatal danger, he still accepted the last challenge without hesitation...
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