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Troll
Norwegian trolls and fairytales.
This beautiful book is illustrated by Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914) who was one of Norway's most popular artists. Editor Borge has included Kittelsen's own descriptions of particular creatures from fairytales and legends.
The tourist edition is available in other popular languages.
This beautiful book is illustrated by Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914) who was one of Norway's most popular artists. Editor Borge has included Kittelsen's own descriptions of particular creatures from fairytales and legends.
The tourist edition is available in other popular languages.
65 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1962
About the author
Theodor Kittelsen
44 books23 followersTheodor Severin Kittelsen was a Norwegian artist. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway. Kittelsen became famous for his nature paintings, as well as for his illustrations of fairy tales and legends, especially of trolls.
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February 9, 2016
I was really excited about this book and while the images/stories were interesting, the construction ruined it. They used excerpts of famous stories, but they had abrupt opening sentences that were clearly a continuation and it was really hard to get into them. Even though I liked using two separate stories about the same idea or person, such a Askeladden, they didn't feel tied together. Also, they used initial letters, but the second letter was just the first letter in the regular font. That really frustrated me. The first story and image was captivating. If every section was like the first one, I would have definitely given it a higher mark.
November 23, 2021
La foresta, la selvaggia monotonia della foresta, ha lasciato la sua impronta su di noi, siamo diventati parte della sua stessa natura. La amiamo così com'è, forte e malinconica.
Da bambini contemplavamo gli abeti e i pini fruscianti. Osservavamo con gli occhi e l'anima i possenti tronchi, ci arrampicavamo tra le forti braccia contorte finendo sulle cime più alte, sulle alte, fruscianti cime, lassù nell'incantevole blu.
Quando il sole tramonta, una solitudine e un silenzio si scendevano sulle profonde brughiere, tacitamente e densamente
Era come se non passerò respirare, come se la foresta giacesse muta, placida attesa. Allora il cuore ci batteva forte. Volevamo di più, desideravamo ardentemente delle avventure, possenti e selvagge avventure, solo per noi poveri bambini.
E il bosco concesse un'avventura.
Grande e silenziosa essa venne furtiva, col soffice passo felpato di un gatto.
Tutto ciò che prima stava immobile come pietra, cominciò a muoversi.
Da bambini contemplavamo gli abeti e i pini fruscianti. Osservavamo con gli occhi e l'anima i possenti tronchi, ci arrampicavamo tra le forti braccia contorte finendo sulle cime più alte, sulle alte, fruscianti cime, lassù nell'incantevole blu.
Quando il sole tramonta, una solitudine e un silenzio si scendevano sulle profonde brughiere, tacitamente e densamente
Era come se non passerò respirare, come se la foresta giacesse muta, placida attesa. Allora il cuore ci batteva forte. Volevamo di più, desideravamo ardentemente delle avventure, possenti e selvagge avventure, solo per noi poveri bambini.
E il bosco concesse un'avventura.
Grande e silenziosa essa venne furtiva, col soffice passo felpato di un gatto.
Tutto ciò che prima stava immobile come pietra, cominciò a muoversi.
January 4, 2019
Let's begin with a compliment: Kittelsen's art is haunting. You can see that everyone from Maurice Sendak to EC Weird Comics took inspiration from his marvelous trolls. On the strength of the illustrations, the book is worth picking up. However, the editor's choice to feature fragments of the stories rather than whole ones to accompany each picture is disconcerting. And whoever wrote the artist's biography gets a D for dud. No research, no insight, no perspective on where Kittelsen stood on either the local or international scene.
December 29, 2015
This book gives you a little information about the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen.
On every other page you will find one of his drawings of trolls with next to it (a part of) the story it represents.
Nice informative book, but it might seem a little incomplete if you know nothing about trolls or Kittelsen.
On every other page you will find one of his drawings of trolls with next to it (a part of) the story it represents.
Nice informative book, but it might seem a little incomplete if you know nothing about trolls or Kittelsen.
July 25, 2018
Poesía, prosa y relatos dignos de las ilustraciones de este hombre, y aún así, tal parece que son las ilustraciones las que se hicieron dignas de embellecer estos "cuentos de hadas" que han trascendido en el folklor escandinavo durante siglos. Un bello ejemplar con lo necesario para dejarlo a uno queriendo más, deseando descrubrir más acerca de estas creaturas tan increíbles y sobre su autor.
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