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In the harsh early 1800s mining town of Røros, a newly arrived priest, Benjamin Sigismund, tries to establish a life of faith and order—only to find himself drawn into a scandal that fractures the intimate bonds of his family and the wider community. As his relationship with the young married woman Gunhild deepens, the novel explores love’s dual nature: at once intensely human and morally perilous, capable of both awakening and ruin. Through Falkberget’s psychologically charged storytelling—shaped by his own roots in the region’s working-class world—the story becomes a study of guilt, temptation, and the rigid social codes that turn private desire into public catastrophe. Framed by the title’s biblical sense of a “fourth watch” of waiting and trial, this is a timeless meditation on suffering, responsibility, and the difficult path toward redemption.
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Published Jan 1, 1968
352 pages
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First Published
1968
Language
nor
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From: nor
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