Author(s): Mytting, Lars, Garrett, Paul Russell,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 01/10/2018,
Pagination: 416 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: MacLehose Press,
Published By: Quercus Publishing,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation, Sagas
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780857056061
Description: 

A family story of epic scale, by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD and THE BELL IN THE LAKE.

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.

A TIMES BESTSELLER.

Translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett