Carsten Jensen
Hardcover | Pages: 678 pages Rating: 4.23 | 7527 Users | 1044 Reviews
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| Title | : | We, the Drowned |
| Author | : | Carsten Jensen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 678 pages |
| Published | : | February 9th 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Denmark |
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It is an epic drama of adventure, courage, ruthlessness and passion by one of Scandinavia’s most acclaimed storytellers. In 1848 a motley crew of Danish sailors sets sail from the small island town of Marstal to fight the Germans. Not all of them return – and those who do will never be the same. Among them is the daredevil Laurids Madsen, who promptly escapes again into the anonymity of the high seas. As soon as he is old enough, his son Albert sets off in search of his missing father on a voyage that will take him to the furthest reaches of the globe and into the clutches of the most nefarious company. Bearing a mysterious shrunken head, and plagued by premonitions of bloodshed, he returns to a town increasingly run by women – among them a widow intent on liberating all men from the tyranny of the sea. From the barren rocks of Newfoundland to the lush plantations of Samoa, from the roughest bars in Tasmania, to the frozen coasts of northern Russia, We, The Drowned spans four generations, two world wars and a hundred years. Carsten Jensen conjures a wise, humorous, thrilling story of fathers and sons, of the women they love and leave behind, and of the sea’s murderous promise. This is a novel destined to take its place among the greatest seafaring literature.Present Books As We, the Drowned
| Original Title: | Vi, de druknede |
| ISBN: | 0151013772 (ISBN13: 9780151013777) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Denmark |
| Literary Awards: | Danske Banks Litteraturpris (2007) |
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Ratings: 4.23 From 7527 Users | 1044 ReviewsAssessment Appertaining To Books We, the Drowned
Its been a year full of Meh so far and it took a long time coming, but I have finally, finally read a book that I absolutely loved. Ive just finished it and Im left breathless, barely able to contemplate that its over.I picked this book up because of its pretty blue cover that attracted me straight away. Perhaps it was fate that lead me to this book as I hadnt heard of the title or author before. I had a certain feeling the moment I picked it up and a little part of me knew. So often littleThis book tells the epic story of a four generation of sailors who lived in Marstal, a small town in Denmark.The story covers a period of time from 1848 till the end of World War II, 1945. And what about the plot? I won't say a word otherwise I'll spoil the whole thing. But once you start to read this book, you won't be able to stop even if it has 700-800 pages.This book really deserves a 6 stars rating, believe me!
WOW! This book here is one of the best examples of why I love reading so much. I've been through a slight reading slump for a few months (thanks, Javier Marias, I guess...) but the history of this amazing Marstal island in the Baltic sea and of its roving sailors proved to be the best medicine I needed. Many years ago there lived a man called Laurids Madsen, who went up to Heaven and came down again, thanks to his boots. The story of a common sailor, and of his set of heavy handmade boots,
I stumbled upon this book in the library of a little town I was staying in over the weekend. I can't resist multi-generational epics because I love books that make you feel like you just completed a long, long journey when you finish them and I can't resist books about the sea because when I was five, all I wanted to be was a pirate and I never really lost that. Therefore, I borrowed it with the intent of reading it over the weekend and returning it before I left town, but well, those plans
Bulgarian review below/Ревюто на български е по-долу If you stand on the deck of your life and look at the horizon, you will see them emerge. The spectres dwelling in the past and the drowned inhabiting the present. You will see how the surf is trying to cast them ashore on some marooned coast, but they are always there reminding you of themselves, and theres no other way. Because they are us. We, the drowned.Despite its volume, the novel has a lace structure and the text breathes lightly.
The first few sentences certainly made me curious to read on and am I glad I did!"Many years ago there lived a man called Laurids Madsen, who went up to Heaven and came down again, thanks to his boots. He didn't soar as high as the tip of the mast on a full-rigged ship; in fact he got no further than the main....Laurids Madsen should have been dead. But death didn't want him, and he came back down a changed man." No, no fantasy in this book. This is the saga of a small coastal village in
280617: this book greatly surprised me. i am not usually much of a reader of epics, i do not know Danish authors (5), i would not have read this but for certain efriends on goodreads who rated this so highly. as it is translation i might have missed some language-specific aspects of the work, but i do not know if that is much of the appeal...so, translation is fine for me. structure of the book is very exact: covers major incidents in four major sections, read each in single sittings, so
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