![]() ![]() This is a book to sail into, to explore, to get lost in, but it is also a book that brings the reader, dazzled by wonders, home to the heart from which great stories come. The language is all you could hope for in a sea novel: sinewy and simple, often surprisingly beautiful Vanora Bennett, The TimesĪ novel of immense authority and ambition and beauty, by a master storyteller at the height of his powers. Berlingske Tidende, DenmarkĪ magnificent addition to the canon of seafaring writing, a brilliant new reworking of the ancient theme.the pages glow with wonderfully imagined pictures. Large in size, but even larger in scope because of its storytelling and writing. Aftenposten, NorwayĪ fiercely romantic novel that spans over 100 years of Danish history of war and love. We, The Drowned is the best novel I have read in ages. We, The Drowned is first and foremost a novel about the sea, a novel which has practically been written in cooperation with the great authors of the nineteenth century - Conrad, Melville, Stevenson. ![]()
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