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Mytting, Lars, 1968-

The sixteen trees of the Somme / Lars Mytting ; translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett. - London : Maclehose Press Quercus 2017. - 403 pages : maps ; 24 cm

"First published in the Norwegian language as Svøm med dem som drukner by Gyldendaln Norsk Forlag A.S. in 2014" -- Title page verso.

"By 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." -- Publisher's website.

ISBN: 9780857056047 0857056042 9780857056030 0857056034

LCCN: 2017431946

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Families--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Great-uncles--Fiction.
Art objects--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Norway--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PT8952.23.Y88 / S8613 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 839.823/8