The ferryman and his wife : a novel / Frode Grytten ; translated from Norwegian by Alison McCullough.

Author/creator Grytten, Frode, 1960- author.
Other author McCullough, Alison, translator.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill / Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Description166 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleDen dagen Nils Vik døde. English
Abstract "Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows it will be the day he dies. He follows his morning routine as voices from his past echo in his mind, and looks around the empty house one last time, before stepping onto his beloved boat. His dog, dead these many years, leaps aboard with him, and then the other dead begin to emerge - from the woods along the fjord, from each of the ferry stops along theroute, from his logbook full of memories and quotations and jotted-down notes about the weather conditions. The people from the past accompany him now, prodding him, showing him what he might have missed before, as he waits for his Marta, his late, remarkable wife, to finally join him on the boat again"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteSubtitle from cover.
General note"Originally published in 2023 in Norway as 'Den dagen Nils Vik døde' by Forlaget Oktober"--title page verso.
LanguageIn English, translated from the Norwegian.
Genre/formMagic realist fiction.
Genre/formPsychological fiction.
Genre/formNovels.
Genre/formRomans.
ISBN9781643757452 (paperback)
ISBN1643757458 (paperback)

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