The Ice Palace

I'm a chionophile (Cold weather lover), so I was predisposed to like this anyway. Still, Vesaas enhances a reasonably familiar story with his lyrical description of the frost, icicles and snow that engulf this rural Norwegian village. Vesaas describes Unn's enchantment with the ice palace with such beauty that I'm giving this an extra star just for that. I think the character development lacked a bit, which disconnected me a little from the plot.