The author was born in 1949. He studied language and literature at Oslo University and worked for some years as a teacher at various levels before becoming an independent writer of novels and non-fiction. Among his books is a novel about the Italian painter Caravaggio, translated into English under the title “Doubting Thomas” [in German as “Caravaggio”s Flucht”]. His biography of Galileo won the Brage Award for best Norwegian non-fiction book in 2001. Næss” most recent work is a biography of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.
3 Ebooks by Atle Naess
Atle Naess: Doubting Thomas
Coming somewhere between Peter Ackroyd and Perfume, Doubting Thomas is an innovative and fascinating novel about the renowned Italian painter Caravaggio. The plot centres around the events of a May e …
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Inggeris
€7.99
Atle Naess: Galileo Galilei – When the World Stood Still
‘I, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei, Florentine, aged seventy years …kneeling before you Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinals …I abjure, curse, detest the aforesaid errors and here …
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Inggeris
€37.44
Atle Naess: Als die Welt still stand
Die preisgekrönte Biographie des norwegische Schriftstellers Atle Næss führt den Leser auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens einer der schillerndsten Persönlichkeiten der eur …
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Jerman
€29.99
