The House in the Dark
1945 novel by Tarjei Vesaas
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The House in the Dark (Nynorsk: Huset i mørkret) is a 1945 novel by the Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas. It tells the story of a frightening, darkened house, to which men are trying to dig tunnels, but are routinely captured and taken away in a truck. The novel was written during the last winter of World War II and is an allegory for the German occupation of Norway.[1] An English translation by Elizabeth Rokkan was published in 1976.[2]
(publ. Peter Owen, 1976)
The book was awarded the Melsom Prize.[3]