The courier / Kjell Ola Dahl ; translated by Don Bartlett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahl, Kjell Ola, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Bartlett, Don, translator.

Standardized Title:

Kureren. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Norway--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Norway--Fiction.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust survivors--Fiction.

Holocaust survivors.

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

Stockholm (Sweden)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Stockholm (Sweden).

Oslo (Norway)--History--20th century--Fiction.

Oslo (Norway).

Norwegian fiction--Translations into English.

Norwegian fiction.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Orenda Books, 2019.

Language Note:

Translated from the Norwegian.

Summary:

"In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero, Gerhard Falkum, who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife, Ase, who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire. And yet, twenty-five years later, Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter. But where has he been, and what is the real reason for his return? Ester stumbles across information that forces her to look closely at her past, and to revisit her war -time training to stay alive..."--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"First published in Norwegian as Kureren in 2105 by Gyldenhal, Norway"--Title page verso.

Translated from the Norwegian.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781912374434

1912374439

OCLC:

1076228874