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The Old Man and His Sons

These are the Faroe Islands as they were some fifty years ago: sea-washed and remote, with one generation still tied to the sea for sustenance, and a younger generation turning toward commerce and clerical work in the towns.

At the post-hunt whale-meat auction, Ketil enthusiastically bids for more meat than he can afford. Thus when Ketil is seventy, he and his wife struggle to repay their debt.

Heðin Brú (1901 — 1987), novelist and translator, was considered the most important Faroese writer of his generation and is known for his fresh and ironic style.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 166
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781846590733
  • Genres
  • fiction, novels, denmark, historical, classics
  • Release date
  • 2011