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About the Author
Heðin Brú (1901–1987) was the pen name 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.

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Book Info

978-1-84659-073-3
Fiction
2010 TBC
Paperback
13 x 20 cm
204pp
£7.99

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Reviews
'The Faroese voted this their book of the 20th century; by any nation's standards it's a classic.'
Financial Times

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Excerpts
‘You'd better tidy yourself up before you go,’ his wife warned him. But he thought this quite unnecessary; he just pulled a few strands of chewing tobacco off his beard.

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