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THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME - LARS MYTTING K...

By Norway's bestselling novelist and the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD  a family story of epic
scale. An intricate story about war  family  secrets and  yes  wood ... An engaging  satisfying
read The Times So cleverly plotted  and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it
zeroes in on its conclusion Scotsman 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. Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise  a
page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood  history  life's meaning and individual
moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone  Bookanista Translated from the Norwegian by Paul
Russell Garrett

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