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We, the Drowned Paperback - 2011 - 1st Edition
by Jensen, Carsten; Barslund, Charlotte [Translator]; Ryder, Emma [Translator];
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
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Details
- Title We, the Drowned
- Author Jensen, Carsten; Barslund, Charlotte [Translator]; Ryder, Emma [Translator];
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition Uncorrected Proof
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 688
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York City, NY
- Date 2011-02-08
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # SPIROjenWET
- ISBN 9780151013777 / 0151013772
- Weight 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.91 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 4.85 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sea stories, Sailing
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009046568
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
Carsten Jensen’s debut novel has taken the world by storm. Already hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, whose inhabitants have sailed the world’s oceans aboard freight ships for centuries. Spanning over a hundred years, from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War, and 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 spins a magnificent tale of love, war, and adventure, a tale of the men who go to sea and the women they leave behind.
Ships are wrecked at sea and blown up during wars, they are places of terror and violence, yet they continue to lure each generation of Marstal men—fathers and sons—away. Strong, resilient, women raise families alone and sometimes take history into their own hands. There are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, forbidden passions, cowards, heroes, devastating tragedies, and miraculous survivals—everything that a town like Marstal has actually experienced, and that makes We, the Drowned an unforgettable novel, destined to take its place among the greatest seafaring literature.