"Captain Mansana & Mother's Hands" by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne was originally written in Norwegian and was, initially subtitled "An Italian Tale". Recounting the story of the narrator's journeys and opening with his travels to Rome, the book mixes southern and northern European cultures in an intricate way that creates a tale unlike any others. Almost lost to time, the book was luckily preserved and is available for modern readers to fall in love with.

Reproduction of the original: Captain Mansana & Mother's Hand by Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Excerpt from Captain Mansana Mother's Hands The two somewhat anomalous stories which are here published together have little in common except the difficulty of finding a place for them in the category of Bjornson's works. "Captain Mansana" under the title of "Kaptejn Mansana, en Fort lling fra Italien," was originally printed, in 1875, in the Norwegian periodical "Fra Fjeld og Dal." It did not appear in book form until August 1879, when it was published, in a paper cover with a startling illustration, in Copenhagen. "Captain Mansana" was written at Aulestad. It was almost immediately published in a Swedish, and later in a German, translation. A Norwegian magazine, entitled "Nyt Tidsskrift" was started in Christiania in 1882, and continued to represent extreme liberal views in Norway until 1887, when it ceased to appear. In 1892 an attempt was made to resuscitate this periodical, under the general editorship of J. E. Sars. The first number of this new series appeared in November of that year, the opening article being the story of "Mors h nder" ("Mother's Hands"). It was reprinted in August 1894, in the collection called "Nye Fort l linger." It is now for the first time translated into English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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