The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, BookanistaReviews: · The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is published by Maclehose, £ Lars Mytting is at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 19 August Get the latest news on the CoronavirusEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins. · The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is a moving coming-of-age story about an orphan trying to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents’ death. The author successfully pulls you into the mind of this young man on a journey of self-discovery, love and loss. The descriptions of place – especially the Shetlands – are stark and harsh, yet intriguing/5.
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is a beautifully intricate, moving, century-spanning tale about a fascination with wood, about love, and about finding out who you really are. About the author. Lars Mytting, a novelist and journalist, was born in Fåvang, Norway, in He is the author of Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the. Lars Mytting, a novelist and journalist, was born in Fåvang, Norway, in His novel Svøm med dem som drukner (published in English as The Sixteen Trees of the Somme) was awarded the Norwegian National Booksellers' Award and has been bought for film. Norwegian Wood has become an international bestseller, and was the Bookseller Industry. Review: The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. Review: I'm going to start this review off with an apology at the quality of it. I've tried and tried to think of some things to.
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire century. A TIMES BESTSELLER Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - Mika Provata-Carlone, Bookanista. Lars Mytting: Svøm med dem som drukner (The Sixteen Trees of the Somme) Edvard Hirifjell, our hero/narrator, is a farmer, specifically a potato farmer, in rural Norway. He has been brought up by his grandfather, Sverre Hirifjell. His parents died when he was three and his grandmother, Alma, when he was twelve. I’d never heard of Lars Mytting or this book until I spotted it while browsing in a bookshop. So I had no idea he was already a best selling author based on a non fiction book called Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way. The Sixteen Tres of the Somme is his first novel to be published in English. Go out and buy it – you won’t be disappointed.
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