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    The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
    The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
    The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
    Audiobook15 hours

    The Sixteen Trees of the Somme

    Written by Lars Mytting

    Narrated by Robin Laing

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    About this audiobook

    The death of Edvard’s parents, when he was three, has always been a mystery, but he knows that the fate of his grandfather’s brother, Einar, is somehow connected. One day a coffin is delivered to the farm for his grandfather, long
    before the grandfather’s death—a meticulous, beautiful, and unique piece of craftsmanship with the hallmarks of a certain master craftsman—raising the thought that Einar isn’t dead after all.

    Edvard is now driven to unravel the mystery of his parents’ death. Following a trail of clues from Norway to the Shetland Islands to the battlefields of France and sixteen ancient walnut trees colored by poison gas in World War I, Edvard ultimately discovers a very unusual inheritance.

    Spanning a century and masterfully navigating themes of revenge and forgiveness, love and loneliness, The Sixteen Trees of the Somme displays the rich talents of international bestselling novelist Lars Mytting in a story that is utterly compelling and unforgettable.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    TranslatorPaul Russel Garrett
    Release dateMay 31, 2022
    ISBN9781705069486
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    • 5/5
      Brilliant! And full marks to the translator who kept the rhythm and lyrical prose in his English translation. This really is a must read for the prose, the story and the ideas.It's a good job the cover clearly states 'novel' because I could easily believe that this novel was faction, based on a true story. It isn't, but it ought to be! Set in Norway, and the Shetland Isles, with a brief trip to France and the Somme, author Lars Mytting's research is solid. He certainly got the upper middle class Scottish attitudes spot on. His descriptions of the battlefields are haunting.I don't want to give away the plot or the importance of the sixteen trees because really the novel is about a young man growing up, breaking out of his shell, and becoming what he chooses to be.Edvard is orphaned when he is three. He has vague memories and his grandfather won't tell him anything. After his grandfather dies he takes a physical journey to find out what happened and in doing so he has to make decisions and choices which will make him become the Edvard we hope he will become. He could easily have made different choices but we readers are glad he didn't.It is a book to savour, reread and marvel over. Readers who like a good intelligent challenging read will enjoy this novel. I found myself thinking about it for days after I'd returned it to the library.
    • 5/5
      An entrancing novel that follows a young man's journey into the mysterious circumstances of his parent's deaths, which left him a young orphan, to be raised by his Norwegian grandfather. Rooted in the battlefields of the First World War, the story spans the twentieth century and leads the reader through love, loss, and the central character Edvard's self-discovery. The prose of the English translation is beautiful and easily comparable to the descriptive powers of Norman Maclean in his masterpiece, "A River Runs Through It." A truly unique novel from Lars Mytting, whose other best-seller is a non-fiction book called, "Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way!" Wood is very much a part of the grain of this novel, too.
    • 4/5
      The Sixteen Trees of the Somme will be published in English in 2017. This is international bestseller material, without a shadow of a doubt, so prebook your copy if you don't read Norwegian. Mytting has written a true page-turner of a novel, set in France, Norway and Scotland (The Shetlands), taking place throughout the 20th century, a story of family secrets, of improbable love, and of course when Lars Mytting is involved, of wood. The novel can be read as a mystery novel, but the story is so rich, well researched and with strong, larger-than-life characters, that this ought to excite readers who normally wouldn't pick up a mystery novel. Although the story isn't particularly male oriented, there is still a bit too much testosterone in the characterizations, but the lack of emotional depth and human softness is compensated by a truly believable narrative.
    • 4/5
      It is at heart a mystery novel where Edvard attempts to find the truth about his parents death following a trail of clues to the Shetland Islands and then to battlefields from world war one in northern France.   This book is beautifully written with very evocative language.
      I really enjoyed this book and if you like literature where the words weave a wonderful description of an unknown places especially with a bit of WW1 history thrown in then this may be a book for

      For the full review check out my blog: Engrossed in a Good Book
    • 5/5
      A really, really good novel. Absolutely loved it!