num_pages: 206
description: Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin the site of tragedy a century earlier when Tre Gruvik in a fit of madness murdered his sister and her lover beheading them and throwing their corpses in a nearby lake before drowning himself to join them in death. Ever since it is said anyone who stays at the cabin is possessed by Gruvik's spirit and driven to drown themselves in the lake. What's more Gruvik's restless ghost has been seen by many of the local people prowling the woods by moonlight.Bjrn Werner a young writer from Oslo ignored the old superstitions and rented Dead Man's Cabin as a quiet spot to finish his book. Now he has disappeared and the evidence suggests he threw himself in the lake in a fit of madness. The police write it off as a suicide but his friends are not so sure. Kai Bugge Bjrn's psychiatrist believes in the suicide explanation while private detective Harald Gran thinks it's a case of murder and Gabriel Mrk an expert in the occult is certain that darker and otherworldly forces are at play. They travel to unravel the mystery of their friend's terrible fate but not all of them will return alive from their stay at the Lake of the Dead ...Andr Bjerke's The Lake of the Dead (1942) was voted the all-time best Norwegian crime novel and its atmospheric 1958 film adaptation is regarded as one of Norway's best films. This new translation is the first-ever American publication of Bjerke's classic which features an unusual mixture of murder mystery and supernatural horror that will keep readers guessing until the thrilling conclusion.
language: English
title: The Lake of the Dead
publisher: Valancourt Books