The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

Name: The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
Brand: Quercus
Price: 39.99 AUD
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Author: Lars Mytting

Translator: Paul Russell Garrett

Read by: Robin Laing

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Digital Audiobook

Duration
15:04.36

Published: 19th May 2022

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A family story of epic scale, b****y 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.

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Translated from the Norwegian by Paul Russell Garrett

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