The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
By Norway's bestselling novelist and the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale. Edvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in Norway with his taciturn grandfather, Sverre. The death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his mother. But he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, Einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery. One day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Perhaps Einar is not dead after all. Edvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from Norway to the Shetlands, and to the battlefields of France - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritance. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. Translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett
| Autor: | Mytting, Lars |
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| EAN: | 9780857056030 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 416 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | MacLehose Press Quercus |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 26.07.2017 |
| Untertitel: | A Novel |
| Schlagworte: | 1. Weltkrieg / Erster Weltkrieg; Romane/Erzählungen Norwegen; Romane/Erzählungen 16 |
| Größe: | 30 × 153 × 234 |
| Gewicht: | 542 g |
| Übersetzer: | Garrett, Paul Russell |
