''Humlehjertene'' ( en, The Bumblebee Hearts) is a novel published in 1980 by the Norwegian writer

Ola Bauer Ola Bauer (24 July 1943 – 12 June 1999) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Graffiti'' in 1976, under the pseudonym Jo Vendt. Among his best known books are ''Humlehjertene'' (1980), ''Rosape ...

. The narrator travels to Paris, falls in love with the Finnish girl "Marja", and ends up on the

barricades Barricade (from the French '' barrique'' - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade den ...

with paving stones in his hands. As a former journalist Bauer had been in Paris during the

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.Rottem, 1998 p. 194 Bauer was awarded the

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated w ...

for his literary works in 1982. The novel is the third in a series about the character "Jo Vendt". The independent sequel ''

Rosapenna ''Rosapenna'' is a novel published in 1983 by the Norwegian writer Ola Bauer. The book introduced Belfast and Northern Ireland into Norwegian literature. Context The novel is the fourth in a series about the character "Jo Vendt". The first boo ...

'' was published in 1983.

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20th-century Norwegian novels 1980 novels Novels set in Paris {{1980s-novel-stub