![]() ![]() Ice castles are normal in cold winters, when the water freezes into huge structures around waterfalls. Unn does not want to feel embarrassed when meeting Siss the next day, so she decides to skip school and instead goes to see the ice castle that has been created by a nearby waterfall. ![]() Siss leaves Unn and runs home, overwhelmed by fear of the dark. Soon they dress again, and the situation is rather awkward. Siss says no, she can't, and Unn says she has a secret and is afraid she will not go to heaven. They do, watching each other, and Unn asks whether Siss can see if she is different. They talk for a while, Unn shows Siss a picture from the family album of her father, then Unn persuades Siss that they should undress, just for fun. Her life is changed when a quiet girl, Unn, moves to the village to live with her aunt after the death of her unmarried mother. The vivacious 11-year-old Siss lives in a rural community in Norway. Vesaas received The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel in 1964. It has been translated to English by Peter Owen Publishers, London, and was scheduled for reissue with them in Christmas of 2017 in their Cased Classics series. ![]() The original novel is written in nynorsk and considered a classic of Norwegian literature. The Ice Palace ( Nynorsk: Is-slottet) is a novel by the Norwegian author Tarjei Vesaas, first published in 1963. Nordic Council's Literature Prize of 1964 ![]()
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