A Norwegian coastal town of just under twenty thousand souls, which Holm at the Corner prefers to call twenty to thirty thousand, remembers the days of coffee cargoes from Rio. These linked stories follow its merchants, bank clerks, widows and gossips, from Holm & Son to Hermansen of the Bank and Mrs. Rantzau, with affection and a sharp eye for vanity.
A warm, humorous picture of provincial Norwegian life, in English translation. Download the free EPUB.