The Last of the Vikings

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Last of the Vikings by Johan Bojer. (Translated by Jessie Muir.) Read in English by Kathrine Engan In a small village on the coast of Northern Norway lives the Myran family. Father is a fisher man and is, in the eyes of the oldest son, like a god on the sea. Mother spends every winter in fear of losing somebody she loves to the storms and waves. She longs to move inland and turn her back on the coast and all its dangers. The novel explores some of the tension between inland and coast, poor and wealthy, tradition and progress while also depicting the highs and lows of a winter of fishing in Lofoten. - Summary by kathrinee For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (256MB)

Directors & creators

Johan Bojer

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Norway; poverty; fishing; family life; lofoten

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