The Man Who Loved Siberia

A captivating and fascinating tale from The Wild East that Siberia once was. Pitz and Jacobsen bring Dörries’ strenuous adventures to life in beautiful prose. This book is a true gem that deserves many readers – Erika FatlandA captivating tale from a long-lost world – Anna ReidBoth a thrilling adventure story and a lyrical record of wild nature, this is a unique portrait of frontier life and attitudes in Siberia and the Russian Far East at a time when few foreigners had penetrated the region so deeply. Dorries’ real-life tales, from the hair-raising to the transcendent, match anything from the American West – Tom Parfitt, author of High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted HinterlandA captivating and fascinating tale from The Wild East that Siberia once was. Pitz and Jacobsen bring Dörries’ strenuous adventures to life in beautiful prose. This book is a true gem that deserves many readers – Erika Fatland

Roy Jacobsen is one of Norway’s most internationally renowned writers. His novel The Unseen, a phenomenal bestseller in his own country, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017.

Anneliese Pitz came to Norway from Belgium in 1974. She has a PhD in linguistics from Trondheim and has been teaching for 24 years at Oslo University.