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The sixteen trees of the Somme

Mytting, Lars, 1968-2017
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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.
Main title:
The sixteen trees of the Somme / Lars Mytting ; translated by Paul Russell Garrett.
Author:
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2017.
Collation:
480 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Norwegian.
ISBN:
9780857056047 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
839.8238
Language:
EnglishNorwegian
BRN:
1915711
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