6/23/2023 0 Comments Ved Vejen by Herman Bang![]() ![]() ![]() Herman Bang's novel was inspired by an incident in 1883 when he was passing through Skørping Station in the north of Jutland. In 1988 it was made into a feature film Katinka, directed by Max von Sydow. It is now considered an important contribution to Danish literature, listed in the Danish Culture Canon. An impressionist novel, it relates the story of Katinka, a sensitive but ambitious young woman married to a boisterous and somewhat vulgar station master, Bai.Īt the time of release in Denmark in 1886, critics from the daily newspapers were generally enthusiastic about Ved Vejen. It was first published independently in 1898. It was originally published in Copenhagen by Det Schubotheske Forlag as part of a collection of four stories entitled Stille Eksistenser ( Quiet Existences), centering on women who are subdued or living in isolation. Ved Vejen (meaning By the Wayside or At the Roadside ) is a short novel written by the Danish author Herman Bang in 1886. ![]()
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