Alastair Mabbott, The Herald
Based loosely on real events, it blossoms in Heinesen's hands into
a major work.
a major work.
Book Description
This work is the new translation of William Heinesen's
masterpiece - one of the most important Scandinavians novels of the 20th
Century and an epic struggle between good and evil. Although set on a small
island the book is full of larger than life characters, like the formidable
bank manager Ankersen, the scurrilous Matte Gok, the enormous blacksmith
Janniksen and the amateur musicians. Heinesen succeeds in making the
everyday world of Torshavn at the beginning of the 20th Century read like
the setting of a Greek tragedy.
masterpiece - one of the most important Scandinavians novels of the 20th
Century and an epic struggle between good and evil. Although set on a small
island the book is full of larger than life characters, like the formidable
bank manager Ankersen, the scurrilous Matte Gok, the enormous blacksmith
Janniksen and the amateur musicians. Heinesen succeeds in making the
everyday world of Torshavn at the beginning of the 20th Century read like
the setting of a Greek tragedy.
From the Publisher
Dedalus is to translate all of Heinesen's novels into
English.
English.
