Risti : Rakkaustarina by Sigbjørn Obstfelder
"Risti" by Sigbjørn Obstfelder is a novella written in the late 19th century. This lyrical, introspective love story follows a first-person narrator and the mercurial Rebekka as their consuming affair awakens rapture, jealousy, and spiritual longing, with the sculptor Bredo emerging as a troubling presence. The opening of the novella sketches a vivid vision of a fierce young woman crying “I want!” before shifting to the narrator’s later meeting with Rebekka, whom
he comforts without prying into her past. Quiet, luminous moments by a river contrast with his growing fascination for Bredo, whose words about reverence and whose studio portraits seem to reveal Rebekka’s image, sparking suspicion and pain. The narrator overhears Rebekka with Bredo, grows cold, and drives her away, then begs her return; she comes back changed, and their love deepens into four months of rapt seaside stillness and shared childhood memories. As his possessiveness mounts, Rebekka admits she travels to the city to kiss her child, unsettling him again, and a city interlude ends with Bredo, drunk and broken, lamenting that “she is gone.” (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Obstfelder, Sigbjørn, 1866-1900 |
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| Translator | Siljo, Juhani, 1888-1918 |
| Uniform Title | Korset. Finnish |
| Title | Risti : Rakkaustarina |
| Original Publication | Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto, 1911. |
| Series Title | Kirjallisia pikkuhelmiä, 38 |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Norwegian fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78312 |
| Release Date | Mar 28, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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