Looking for Redemption in a Globalized North: Representations of the Arctic in Judith Hermann’s Short Stories Kaltblau ( Cold-Blue ) and Die Liebe zu Ari Oskarsson ( Love for Ari Oskarsson )

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Claudia Gremler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Norwegian
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008
• Subjects: Judith Hermann; Contemporary German literature; Space in literature; Representations of the North; Redemption; Quest for self; Norwegian literature; PT8301-9155; Arctic; Norway; Ari; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/13.1192; https://doaj.org/article/612f7746b6674230b246ac29ba0d5b82

This paper explores the literary representation of Iceland and Norway in two short stories by contemporary German writer Judith Hermann. It analyses both the depiction of these countries as part of the globalised western world and the redemptive power they are tentatively ascribed by the author. Con...