''Dei svarte hestane'' (''The Black Horses'') is a 1928 novel by the Norwegian writer

Tarjei Vesaas Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Biography Vesaas ...

. It tells the story of a farm owner who devotes his life to his four horses, as his wife is unable to overcome an intense but failed romance she had in her youth. When the man of her affections appears at the farm, the family begins to fall apart.

Adaptation

The novel was turned into the film '' Dei svarte hestane''. It was directed by

Hans Jacob Nilsen Hans Jacob Nilsen (8 November 1897 – 6 March 1957) was a Norwegian actor, theatre director and film director. He was a theatre director at Den Nationale Scene, at Folketeatret, and for two separate periods at Det Norske Teatret. Personal lif ...

and premiered on 24 September 1951.

References

1928 novels 20th-century Norwegian novels Norwegian-language novels Norwegian novels adapted into films Novels by Tarjei Vesaas {{1920s-novel-stub