We, the drowned

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Main Author: Jensen, Carsten, 1952-
Other Authors: Barslund, Charlotte, Ryder, Emma
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Danish
Published: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
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Item Description:Translation of: Vi, de druknede.
"A novel"--Jacket.
Physical Description:678 p. : map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780151013777
0151013772
Author Notes:As a boy in Marstal, Denmark, CARSTEN JENSEN sailed on his father's boat, a 220-ton freighter named the Abelone . In 2000, he returned to Marstal to write We, the Drowned . He has also worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from China, Cambodia, Latin America, the Pacific Islands, and Afghanistan.
We, the Drowned won Denmark's most important literary prize, while also being selected by readers of a major daily newspaper as the best Danish novel of the last twenty-five years. It was a bestseller throughout Scandinavia and in Germany, and has also been published in the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.