The book is part human interest and part technicalinformational. We go on to talk about the best kind of wood for fires, how to. We have new and used copies available, in 3 editions. Equal parts inspiration for getting back to simple, restorative practices and a guide for mastering tools, heat, and the elements, its a book youll return to for years to come. See all books authored by lars mytting, including norwegian wood. His name is lars mytting and his book is norwegian wood. Mytting is charily romantic about felling, splitting, and stacking wood. Norwegian wood captures the allure of a woodpile lars mytting s unusual bestseller is a song of praise to an honest, solid. It explains why norwegian lars myttings hel ved solid wood is a bestseller all over scandinavia. Lars mytting approaches his subject with the clearheaded sense of scandinavian practicality.
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The tv show focused on chopping and stacking wood and was watched by over a. It gives you the chance to experience authentic techniques in creating heat sans a. How a book about norwegian wood has become a global hit the. This is the first of lars mytting s novels to be published in english, though he became a surprise bestseller two years ago when he published his nonfiction book, norwegian wood. The sixteen trees of the somme by lars mytting shiny new. An author and journalist, mytting has now become a household name through his norwegian wood book, which has been heralded as the definitive. How a book about norwegian wood has become a global hit. Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the scandinavian way, and norwegian wood activity book, and more on. Lars myttings nonfiction book hel ved norwegian wood. The internationally bestselling guide to chopping and storing firewood by lars mytting.
You can tell a lot about a person from his or her woodpile, said writer and journalist lars mytting. Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the scandinavian way by lars mytting online at alibris. This 2016 nonfiction book of the year award winner is at the top of our list this summer. Norwegian rounds are a spacesaving wood stacking technique that will keep your wood dry, author lars mytting shares the secret with an extract from his book norwegian wood chopping, stacking and drying wood the scandinavian way. Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the scandinavian way hardcover october 6, 2015. Stunning and elegiac, norwegian wood first propelled haruki murakami into the forefront of the literary scene. All about chopping, drying and stacking wood and the soul of wood burning, inspired a tv program about. Following the extraordinary international success of norwegia. Stacking and drying wood the book has spread like wildfire daily mail a howto book with poetry at its heart t.
You will want to go out and collect, chop, and stack wood while reading, even if dont own an axe. Its like an equilateral triangle of the literary arts, a rare feat in any language. Chopping, stacking and drying wood the scandinavian way was a bestseller in norway, has been translated into 10 languages and spawned a 12hour tv programme of wood being chopped and burned that transfixed a million norwegians. Norwegian wood 9781623658274 by mytting, lars and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Lars myttings book, out in the uk on 24 september, explores the. Lars mytting books list of books by author lars mytting. Author explains how norwegians can measure a man by his woodpile. Author explains how norwegians can measure a man by his. Norwegian wood has become an international bestseller, and was the bookseller industry awards nonfiction book of the year 2016. Norwegian wood activity book by lars mytting, adam doughty. It contains truly excellent information for anyone with an interest in sourcing, storing and processing wood for fuel. Whether it is chopping, drying, or stacking of wood, lars mytting has you covered. Norwegian wood lars mytting bok 9780857052551 bokus.
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But theres a new norwegian wood in town its a bestselling book by lars mytting called norwegian wood. Toru, a serious young college student in tokyo, is devoted to naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. After writer lars mytting moved to the countryside in his native norway, he noticed how happy his neighbor ottar was chopping and stacking wood to heat his house. The definitive wood cutters bible the bestselling, yearround guide to chopping, stacking and drying wood the book has spread like wildfire daily mail a howto book with poetry at its heart t. At one point, he writes that building a woodpile is like being at work inside a poem. Norwegian wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of taking care of your heating needs, but its also a thoughtful attempt to understand mans ageold predilection for stacking wood and passion for open fires.
The latest scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a stieg larssonlike thriller. Lars mytting, a novelist and journalist, was born in favang, norway, in 1968. A stepbystep guide to preparing your wood store independent whether youre a seasoned woodcutter, or your passion. It is a good read, well written, well researched, nice looking, and it seems. The tv program, on the topic of firewood, consisted mostly of people in parkas chatting and chopping in the woods and then. One of the distinctive features of lars mytting s cult classic, norwegian wood, is that is touches the heart, the head, and the hands in equal measure. Its fair to say that lars mytting above, author of norwegian wood, the british book industry awards nonfiction book of the. The norwegian wood is every outdoor enthusiasts best companion for learning the ropes of traditional scandinavian heatcreation methods. The internationally bestselling guide to chopping and storing firewood 01 by mytting, lars, ferguson, robert, ferguson, robert isbn. Lars myttings first novel, horsepower 272 pages was published by gyldendal in. Lars mytting s novel svom med dem som drukner published in english as the sixteen trees of the somme was awarded the norwegian national booksellers award and has been bought for film. Its also great for anyone who likes chainsaws, axes, stoves and fires thats pretty much. The title of the book in its original norwegian is hel ved, which literally translates as solid wood.
Today on the show, lars and i discuss the pleasures of preparing wood for a fire and why firewood is an important part of mans identity in scandinavian countries. Hel ved is mytting s first nonfiction book and spent more than a year on the nonfiction bestseller list in norway. Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the scandinavian way. Mytting, who lives in southern norways heavily wooded snow forest, is the author of last years runaway, european bestseller, norwegian wood. Norwegian wood activity book by mytting lars 0857056573. It is a practicallyrical guide on the use and lore of firewood, based on norwegian traditions and our modern science on stoves and renewable energy.
Lars myttings nonfiction book hel ved norwegian wood is one of the greatest publishing successes in scandinavia ever. Set in 1880, this evocative novel about a norwegian village on the brink of modernisation is the first in a trilogy drawing on local legends in 2015, lars mytting s nonfiction handbook norwegian wood ignited in the british a love of chopping and stacking wood. Lars myttings nonfiction book hel ved norwegian wood is one of the. In norway, tv program on firewood elicits passions the. Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the scandinavian way was recently translated into english. Norwegian wood by lars mytting chopping, stacking and drying wood the scandinavian way have you read it. Buy norwegian wood activity book by lars mytting, adam doughty from waterstones today. All about chopping, drying and stacking wood and the soul of wood burning, by lars mytting, which spent more than a year on the norwegian. Lars mytting is a norwegian novelist and journalist.
About lars mytting a norwegian journalist and prov. A simple, elegant book about how to fell trees is this years most surprising bestseller. Norwegian wood is a nonfiction book about chopping firewood. When you hear the words norwegian wood you probably think of the song by the. A stepbystep guide to preparing your wood store independent whether youre a seasoned woodcutter, or your passion is yet to be kindled, norwegian wood. Chopping, stacking, and drying wood the scandinavian way mytting, lars on. Hel ved norwegian wood chopping, stacking and drying.
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