Good Hope (Paperback)

First published in 1964 The Good Hope won The Nordic Prize for Literature. It is the first English translation of one of the greatest novels in the Danish language..The Good Hope is an epistolary novel based on the life of the Reverend Lucas Debes, a larger than life character called Peder B rresen in the novel. It tells a story of brutal oppression, poverty and terrible diseases, but also of resistance and of having the courage of one's convictions. It is a dramatic fantasy in which Heinesen's customary themes - the struggle against evil, sectarianism, superstition and oppression -emerge on a higher plane, set against the backcloth of the Faroe Islands in the 1690s.The Good Hope is a masterpiece which took 40 years to write.

General

Imprint:	Dedalus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	William Heinesen
Translators:	W.Glyn Jones
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-1-903517-98-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-903517-98-2
Barcode:	9781903517987

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