{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-what-befell-in-the-ditch","title":"The Mystery Of What Befell In The Ditch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container-fluid contrast-black\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"hero book-hero-single\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hero-content-wrapper\"\u003e\u003cheader class=\"hero-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep in the Norwegian wilderness, Tomas Olsen Myrbråten is a man at war with the modern world.. After a bureaucratic cultural assignment spirals into a public scandal and his desperate flight, Tomas attempts to shed civilisation to become a ‘man of the forest’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong acclaimed in Norway, but considered untranslatable, Thure Erik Lund is now available in English for the first time in David M. Smith’s radically brilliant translation.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of What Befell in the Ditch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a profound, hallucinatory exploration of language and isolation, particularly about how we make a language our own, how we distinguish our own thoughts from those that have been fed into us. This cornerstone of contemporary Norwegian literature is an exhilarating journey into the dark heart of the life of the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thure Erik Lund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57407185092986,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/4BF6AA91-4909-4B3B-94D5-F7697621394A.jpg?v=1791893551","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/the-mystery-of-what-befell-in-the-ditch","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}