The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven

The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
Nathaniel Miller
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 304pg
28 Oct 2021 UK
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9781529359909
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In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months of the year, where he might witness the splendor of the Northern Lights one night or be attacked by a polar bear the next. After a devastating accident while digging for coal, Sven heads north again and ends up on an uninhabited fjord living in a hut he builds, alone except for the company of a loyal dog, testing himself against the elements. Years into his routine isolation, the arrival of an unlikely visitor sparks a chain of events that brings Sven into a family of fellow castoffs and determines the course of the rest of his life. Inspired by a real life character and written with wry humour, in prose as beautiful as the stark landscape it evokes, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is a testament to the strength of human bonds, reminding us that even in the most inhospitable conditions, we are not beyond the reach of love.
A kind of Odyssey, complete with dogs worthy of Argos and a few precious human companions, this spare and unusual novel plumbs the dark side of polar narratives. Sven, as mysterious to himself as he is to us, is an unforgettable character * Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of The Voyage of the Narwhal and Ship Fever * Nathaniel Ian Miller' s vision of the Arctic is one of sharp-toothed beauty and harrowing, clarifying hardship. The men and women who manage to survive the landscape are transformed by the effort, forced to question who they are and who they want to be. Their surprising, rule-breaking lives invite the reader on both a polar adventure and a consideration of what makes our lives worth living * Caitlin Horrocks, author of The Vexations * The magic of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is in its defiance of dark expectations . . . some of the most convincing portrayals I' ve seen of human beings creating connection and kindnesses despite their brutal circumstances and unhealed wounds * David James Duncan, author of the national bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K *
Nathaniel Ian Miller, who holds an MFA in Creative Writing and MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, is a former resident in the Arctic Circle Expeditionary Program. He has written for Virginia Quarterly Review, and for newspapers in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Montana, and Colorado, for which he received multiple Associated Press Awards. He lives with his family on a farm in central Vermont.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529359909
Published: 28 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 304

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