Book record
Skipper Worse
Alexander Lange Kielland
Translated from Norwegian by Christopher Fauske
Skipper Worse, by Alexander Lange Kielland and translated by Christopher Fauske, is a Norwegian entry that should be handled carefully in a poetry-focused library, since Kielland is best known as a novelist and this title may sit closer to literary prose than lyric collection. Even so, its inclusion here opens a useful question about how translated literary archives classify genre, authorship, and national literature. The title has a maritime force: skipper, command, sea, failure, worsening weather. I would read the entry as part of the broader Norwegian literary field rather than force it into contemporary poetry language. Fauske’s translation gives English readers access to a classic Norwegian author whose work carries social and regional texture. This row may deserve genre review, but as literature in translation it still has clear archival value.
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cross-Cultural Communications
- Language
- Norwegian
- Country
- Norway
- ISBN
- 9780893041113