Description
About the Author
Hedin Bru (1901-1987) was the penname of Hans Jacob Jacobsen, a Faroese novelist and translator. He is considered the most important Faroese writer of his generation and is known for his fresh and ironic style. The Faroese chose The Old Man and His Sons as their 'Book of the Twentieth Century'.
Reviews
'He?in Bru's 1970 novel begins with a tremendous set piece as a group of Faroe Islanders take part in a whale hunt. What follows is surprising: no Hemingway-esque tale of man against elements but a brilliantly observed social comedy ... At the heart of Bru's fable is a clash of two ways of living: the centuries-old subsistence economy of fulmar-hunting and stewed whale liver and the modern world of the telephone and the motorboat ... [A] classic.' Adrian Turpin, Financial Times
Book Information
ISBN 9781846590733
Author Hedin Bru
Format Paperback
Page Count 174
Imprint Telegram Books
Publisher Saqi Books