The Fall of the King
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Fall of the King
By (Author) Johannes V. Jensen
Translated by Alan G. Bower
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
10th April 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Fiction: general and literary
839.8372
Physical Properties
Paperback
296
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 20mm
Description
Taking place during the first half of the sixteenth century, The Fall of the King tells the story of dreamy, slacking student Mikkel Thgersen and the entanglements that ultimately bring him into service as a mercenary under King Christian II of Denmark. Moving from the Danish countryside to Stockholm during the execution of Swedish nobility and finally to the imprisonment of Mikkel and Christian, the narrative is a lyrical encapsulation of "the fall"the fall of country, history, individuals, and nature.
Reviews
"The Fall of the King recaptures for us with an astonishing vividness the feeling of the period. . . . What lures you to the end is the power of its descriptions; what makes it distinguished at rare moments is the richness of its poetry." New York Times
Author Bio
Johannes V. Jensen (18731950) is widely considered the first great Danish writer of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944.
