A lively and irresistibly entertaining tale about hopeful men and a disheartened nation at the dawn of the twentieth century — a story filled with youthful energy, ambition, and the unshakable belief in progress.
Salvar Bernódusson is a fatherless pauper boy on a small farm in Dýrafjörður — a teenager with big dreams, courage, and an indomitable will. The gloom and stagnation that hang over Icelandic life in the wake of hardship and emigration are poison to his restless spirit. He yearns for advancement, boldness, and pride. On the horizon, the people of the Westfjords glimpse magnificent American sailing ships hunting halibut, and by chance Salvar secures a berth on one of them.
With his trademark storytelling brilliance, Einar Kárason brings characters and events to vivid life, opening a window onto a world of daring dreams and boundless adventure.
ISBN 9789979353065
Author Einar Kárason
