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Vidar Sundstøl, renowned Norwegian crime novelist, is perhaps best known for the Minnesota Trilogy, inspired by the time he spent living on the north shore.
Vidar Sundstøl is an internationally renowned Norwegian crime novelist. He has published seven books, and perhaps best known for the Minnesota Trilogy, inspired by the time he spent living on the north shore of Lake Superior with his wife. The series is published by the University of Minnesota Press, and has been translated into eight languages. The Land of Dreams was nominated for the Glass Key for best Scandinavian crime novel of the year and was the winner of the Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime novel. The University of Minnesota Press describes the book:
“The Land of Dreams is the chilling first installment in Vidar Sundstøl’s critically acclaimed Minnesota Trilogy, set on the rugged north shore of Lake Superior. It is a portrait of an extraordinary landscape, an exploration of hidden traumas and paths of silence that trouble history, and a haunting study in guilt and the bonds of blood.”
For a chilling read this summer, check out the trilogy: The Land of Dreams, Only the Dead, and The Ravens in Ebooks MN!
Ebooks Minnesota is a two-year pilot project of Minitex and State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education. The collection was made possible in part by funding from the Minnesota Department of Education through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and by Minitex.
