Target language: Norwegian Bokmål
Cappelen Damm credits Ove Lund and lists the original Hungarian title on the edition page.
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Krasznahorkai's new novel follows a lifelong butterfly expert and the older man who becomes obsessed with speaking to him before it is too late. The Norwegian…
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Cappelen Damm
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Cappelen Damm
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Cappelen Damm
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Cappelen Damm credits Ove Lund and lists the original Hungarian title on the edition page.
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Cappelen Damm credits Ove Lund and lists the original Hungarian title on the edition page.
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Cappelen Damm credits Ove Lund and lists the original Hungarian title on the edition page.
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Hungarian → Norwegian Bokmål
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Ove Lund
Cappelen Damm credits Ove Lund and lists the original Hungarian title on the edition page.
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Cappelen Damm credits Ove Lund and lists the original Hungarian title on the edition page.
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Krasznahorkai's new novel follows a lifelong butterfly expert and the older man who becomes obsessed with speaking to him before it is too late. The Norwegian edition arrives as a serious literary event built around friendship, mortality, and the world beyond reason.
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