Osmann, Ferryman of the North

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In O s mann, Ferryman of the North , Joachim B. Schmidt delivers his most accomplished novel to date: a luminous work of historical fiction inspired by the true life of Jón Magnússon Ósmann (1862–1914), a legendary ferryman from northern Iceland. In lyrical, myth-infused prose, Schmidt portrays love, loss and resilience on a remote fjord in the north of the country. Translated by Jamie Lee Searle. Ósmann blends history, myth and human vulnerability to evoke a vanished way of life at the edge of the Arctic. Beautiful, moving and quietly powerful, it confirms Schmidt — already well known to Engl

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