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A 20th century family saga of epic scale, by the author of Norwegian WoodBy 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 GarrettBiographical NotesLars Mytting, a novelist and journalist, was born in F vang, Norway, in 1968 His novel Sv m med dem som drukner to be published in English as The Sixteen Trees of the Somme was awarded the Norwegian National Booksellers Award and has been bought for film Norwegian Wood has become an international bestseller, and was the Bookseller Industry Awards Non Fiction Book of the Year 2016. New Read Svøm med dem som drukner [ Author ] Lars Mytting [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This is a stunning novel by Lars Mytting translated from the Norwegian Edvard has grown up with his grandfather, Sverre, on a remote farm in the mountains He has learned the family trade of potato farming and keeping sheep successfully It is a lonely life, living in a small community where everyone is curious, know everyone s business and are unforgiving at times Sverre s death hits Edvard hard as he ponders over his future and the mystery of the beautiful art deco coffin, handmade many year This is a stunning novel by Lars Mytting translated from the Norwegian Edvard has grown up with his grandfather, Sverre, on a remote farm in the mountains He has learned the family trade of potato farming and keeping sheep ...I am reposting this review as my original has disappeared on this site This is a stunning novel by Lars Mytting translated from the Norwegian Edvard has grown up with his grandfather, Sverre, on a remote farm in the mountains He has learned the family trade of potato farming and keeping sheep successfully It is a lonely life, living in a small community where everyone is curious, know everyone s business and are unforgiving at times Sverre s death hits Edvard hard as he ponders over his futu I am reposting this review as my original has disappeared on this site This is a stunning novel by Lars Mytting translated from the Norwegian Edvard has grown up with his grandfather, Sverre, on a remote farm in the mountains He has learned the family trade of potato farming and keeping sh...4.5 stars A journey from Norway to Shetland and France to solve a personal mystery Very well written, it felt like watching a film Been to the area in France, been to the Thiepval Memorial Lars Mytting described the haunting atmosphere very well Read it in Dutch.I m going to start this review off with an apology at the quality of it I ve tried and tried to think of some things to say about this book but my mind is drawing a blank I read this novel during a bit of a slump and I feel as though I just drifted through it.I know I enjoyed it, not as much as I d hoped, but enough to not dislike it And I know that it got very emotional and I had a bit of a cry fest at the end But from there, I m a bit stuck How do I do this review thing again Characters i I m going to start this review off with an apology at the quality of it I ve tried and tried to think of some things to say about this book but my mind is drawing a blank I read this novel during a bit of a slump and I feel as though I just drifted through it.I know I enjoyed it, not as much as I d hoped, but enough to not dislike it And I know that it got very emotional and I had a bit of a cry fest at the end But from there, I m a bit stuck How do I do this review thing again Characters in this one are different You feel like you really get to know them throughout the story, but when you ve finished the book you realise you didn t really know them at all They were well developed and were talked about enough, but it was as though they were behind a screen The characters themselves talked about how another character was hiding behind a mask, but you come to realise that all the characters were wearing masks, not just from each other, but from the reader too...Find all my book reviews, plus author interviews, guest posts and book extracts, on my blog death of Edvard s grandfather, Bestefar, and the facts that come to light as a result, change everything for Edvard They see him embark on a journey that will take him away from the isolated Nowegian farm where he has grown up to the Shetlands and France as he searches for the truth about the cause of his parents death and the four days afterwards when he was Find all my book reviews, plus author interviews, guest posts and book extracts, on my blog death of Edvard s grandfath...En fantastisk ber ttelse som har h llit mig i ett h rt grepp sedan jag slog upp boken.Jag t nker p researchen som gjorts, resorna som m ste ha genomf rts Att jag vill ka till Shetland, till Norge och kanske ocks till de d r st llena i Frankrike.Over hypa til de grader En spennende fortelling, for all del, men karakterene mangler dybde og spr ket er til tider usammenhengende og klisj fylt.4.5 He is a great storyteller Mytting So what if Stockholm will never call him for his lack of experimentalism or poetic prose This is a very good novel of a very good storyteller When did being a good storyteller become something so ...Bailed after the first three chapters It started out so good and seemed like it was going to be a lush, literary novel unfortunately, it soon shrank down to a mere mystery story, with all that genre s annoying conventions No thank you.Een roman in vijf prachtige delen, waarvan elk deel begint met hoofdstuk 1 Verteld door Edvard, geschreven in de ik vorm.In het eerste deel lees je iets wat ook later in het boek weer terugkomt Voor mij was mijn moeder een geur Een verwijzing naar de titel komt al snel in zicht Mijn opa zei dat hij me ook niet meer kon vertellen, dus nam ik mijn vragen mee naar het vlamberkenbos op de heuvel achter de boerderij De liefde voor hout en houtbewerking komt door het hele boek heen tot uiting M Een roman in vijf prachtige delen, waarvan elk deel begint met hoofdstuk 1 Verteld door Edvard, geschreven in de ik vorm.In het eerste deel lees je iets wat ook later in het boek weer terugkomt Voor mij was mijn moeder een geur Een verwijzing naar de titel komt al snel in zicht Mijn opa zei dat hij me ook niet meer kon vertellen, dus nam ik mijn vragen mee naar het vlamberkenbos op de heuvel achter de boerderij De liefde voor hout en houtbewerking komt door het hele boek heen tot uiting Maar ook leerde ik uit deze roman hoe hout of wat er van gemaakt is, mensen uit elkaar kan drijven of bij elkaar kan brengen.Mooi beschreven hoe Edvard wel alles wil weten, maar zich tegelijkertijd ook wil beschermen Je 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Svøm med dem som drukner
  • Norwegian
  • 22 February 2017
  • Audiobook
  • Lars Mytting
  • Svøm med dem som drukner