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Item Details
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THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME
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| By: |
Lars Mytting, Paul Russell Garrett (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0857056042 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780857056047 |
| Publisher: |
QUERCUS PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
8 August, 2017 |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
A 20th-century family saga of epic scale, by the author of Norwegian Wood |
| Synopsis: |
By Norway's bestselling novelist and the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale. "An intricate story about war, family, secrets and, yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The TimesEdvard 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.Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, BookanistaTranslated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
MacLehose Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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