Swim with those who drown

[basudelon]

Few days ago I and my "Warm Light" met a Norwegian couple. Gradually our vacuous exchange of typical routine questions turned into quite interesting discussions. Among other contemporary novels I mentioned my favourite Norwegian author Lars Mytting and his brilliant "The Sixteen Trees of the Somme". They knew the author and all his novels but this

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[emo_snal]

What's it about?

[basudelon]

Country man digs into the history of his family in attempt to find out what happened when he went missing for few days in his early childhood. But that's just the canvas. The main message is that sometimes in order to find something really valuable in our lives, we have to search for completely different irrelevant things.

[aerodrome1]

I may have to track down a copy.

[basudelon]

I hope you won't be swearing on me if you don't like it ;-)

[aerodrome1]

No swearing. Every book is an experiment, and if I don't like it, well...no harm done. Though if I do like it, I will be sure to note my thanks.

[visilinka]

Упс, нерешаемая загадка. Наверное, за этим какая-то история )

[visilinka]

Богдан, ты в порядке?

[basudelon]

Привет, Алёна :-) Спасибо, у меня всё в норме.