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Carsten Jensen - We, The Drowned
Released: 01/04/2010
Harvill Secker
In 1848, a group of Danish sailors set out on the high seas. Cruel fate, bloody premonitions and a grotesque shrunken head haunt the ship as their journey unfolds. Spanning 100 years and several generations, Jensen's epic novel traces the dark exploits of seafaring men and the women they leave behind.
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The Scotsman“The canon of great seafaring literature just got bigger by a book...” It's as if he has taken onboard the landmark achievements of his predecessors, absorbed all their salty wit and wisdom and produced something that tips its hat to their brilliance while being a completely new departure...
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The Independent“This is a great hamper of a novel...” In his most ambitious and successful novel to date he takes his native port, where the oldest streets all run in straight lines to the sea, to epitomise major stands not just of Danish but Western history – and the assumptions which have borne it..
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Financial Times“One of the more engrossing literary voyages of recent years...” It is hard not to be caught up in the distinctly Scandinavian blend of humour and gloomy fatalism that permeates the narrative...
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