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Osmann

Ferryman of the North

ISBN-13: 9781916725348

Contributor(s): Joachim B. Schmidt (author), Jamie Lee Searle (translated by)

Subject: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post 1945)

Publisher Imprint: Labyrinth Press

Publication Date: 25-02-2027

Format: Hardback

Availability: Not yet published

£16.99

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About the book

For more than forty years, Osmann rows people, animals and goods across the icy waters of Skagafjordur, becoming a figure of near-mythic stature. A fisherman and a seal hunter, a poet, drinker and devout believer, he shelters the needy and lives in close communion with a landscape where elves, ghosts and faith coexist. His generous spirit extends to friendships and to three great loves, yet his life is marked by profound loss: children die in infancy, friends drown or emigrate, and modernity slowly encroaches on the valley he has always known.