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We, The Drowned could be divided into a trilogy, as the story spams over 100 years – from the middle of the 19th century until the end of WWII – and we follow characters from the port town of Marstal, Denmark, we are presented with the stories of Laurids Madsen, his son Albert Madsen, and then Albert’s protégé Knud Erik and his mother Klara Friis.
The great achievement of this book is how the individual stories both reflect and engendered the bigger story of the community of Marstal, and in some ...more
The great achievement of this book is how the individual stories both reflect and engendered the bigger story of the community of Marstal, and in some ...more
From it's opening setting of Marstal, Denmark in 1848, We, The Drowned is a riveting saga of a real seafaring community. Larger than life characters, like sailor Lauris Madsen, who creates a name for himself with his bravery, only to disappear from his wife and family. Madsen's son, Albert, who sets sets sail in search of the father he barely knew and becomes part of a series of adventures that later become the stuff of Marstal legends. From these early days, we read about the changes in Mar
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Translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund with Emma Ryder
"War was like sailing. You could learn about clouds, wind direction, and currents, but the sea remained forever unpredictable. All you could do was adapt to it and try to return home alive."
Carsten Jensen was already noted as a journalist long before We, The Drowned, was published. Perhaps it's his observation skills from that career that make this fictional maritime novel so enthralling. Yes, that's a gushy word, and this review w ...more
"War was like sailing. You could learn about clouds, wind direction, and currents, but the sea remained forever unpredictable. All you could do was adapt to it and try to return home alive."
Carsten Jensen was already noted as a journalist long before We, The Drowned, was published. Perhaps it's his observation skills from that career that make this fictional maritime novel so enthralling. Yes, that's a gushy word, and this review w ...more
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