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William Heinesen (1900-1991) erfasste in seinen Romanen, Gedichten und Erzählungen, was das Leben auf den Färöern ausmacht, wie kein zweiter. »Hier wird getanzt!« bietet eine Auswahl seiner besten Erzählungen, mit denen Heinesen Archaik und Moderne gleichermaßen aufgriff und in einem ganz eigenen Ton das spezifische Inselleben der Färinger festhielt. Die Erzählungen und ihre Protagonisten sind wie die Inseln und ihre Bewohner geprägt vom rauen...

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The Tower at the Edge of the World' is William Heinesen's last novel written when he was 76 and is the summation of all his work. There is the perspective of both the child and old man looking back at his life as a child. Although there is a lot of tangible detail and recognisable characters the book has a mythic quality. The events in a small community in the windswept Atlantic ocean being recorded by the writer in his room, his tower at the ...

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A novel from the great Danish/Faroese author, translated by W. Glyn Jones. One of 7 novels Dedalus aim to translate into English.

New translation of William Heinesen's masterpiece, one of the most important Scandinavian novels of the 20th century.

Glyn Joness translation captures the enthusiasm, charm and humour of a great writers first novel. Windswept Dawn is a Faeroese Under the Milk Wood revealing the whole personality of a small closely knit community. William Heinesen brings to life a whole host of vivid, larger than life character from the sectarian preacher, Reinhold Vaag, the drunken, philosophising solicitor Morberg, the well-meaning voyeur Vitus, to the firebrand shopkeeper L...

First English translation of one of the masterpieces of Danish literature, which won the 1964 Nordic Prize. *Also appeared in 2010*