Heðin Brú

The Old Man and his Sons

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  • Sara Hilalhas quoted8 months ago
    Heðin Brú’s first novel, Lognbrá (Mirage), published in 1930, gave an account of the development of a boy in a Faroese village. Its sequel, Fastatøkur (Firm Grip), which appeared five years later, recounted the experiences of the hero as a young man on board the cutters.

    Feðgar á Ferð (literally Father and Son on the Move), or The Old Man and His Sons, was first published in the original Faroese in 1940. In a light-hearted and witty way
  • Sara Hilalhas quoted8 months ago
    It seemed to him as though God Himself had smitten off his hand; he bowed his head and gave God thanks: ‘I have deserved no better,’ he said. Then he went home with the three birds.
  • Sara Hilalhas quoted8 months ago
    ‘I understand, my dear,’ said his wife, seating herself by the fireplace. ‘I’m more troubled for your sake than for the shame of it, and I grudge those people who wish us ill
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