Lars Mytting

Vše o tom, jak dřevo sekat, skladovat a sušit – a o duši palivového dřeva Kniha se věnuje tradici topení dřevem. Spisovatel a novinář Lars Mytting shromáždil poznatky nejen od zkušených lidí z nejchladnějších oblastí Norska, ale také od mnoha uznávaných vědců. Popisuje, na co je důležité dbát při nákupu dřeva, uvádí různé způsoby stavby hráně a zajímavé informace o schnutí dřeva a jeho spalování. Pojednává rovněž o péči o les, ekologických aspektech topení dřevem a o historii motorových pil a kamen. V neposlední řadě se v ní dočtete o osobních setkáních s lidmi, kteří mají ke dřevu zcela specifický vztah.

The first in a rich historical trilogy that draws on legend, by a literary craftsman and the author of The Sixteen Trees of the Somme Norway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen, and for months the ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life beyond all this, beyond marriage, children, and working the land to the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the small parish, with its 700-year-old stave church carved with pagan deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's forefather in the sixteenth century, in memory of conjoined twins Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne. They are said to hold supernatural powers. The villagers are wary of the pastor and his resolve to do away with their centuries-old traditions, though Astrid also finds herself drawn to him. And then a stranger arrives from Dresden, with grand plans for the church itself. For headstrong Astrid this may be a provocation too far. Talented architecture student Gerhard Schonauer is an improbable figure in this rugged community. Astrid has never met anyone like him; he seems so different, so sensitive. She finds that she must make a choice: for her homeland and the pastor, or for an uncertain future in Germany. Then the bells begin to ring .