Book: The Ferryman and His Wife
Author: Frode Grytten
Pages: 176
This is my 46th read for the year
What Amazon Says:
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 eah of the ferry stops along the route, 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. This is a novel about what we take with us - those moments that might seem insignificant as they happen but prove to be the most meaningful, in the end.
This was a really good little book. I had seen it recommended for a reading challenge and decided to give it a try and I am glad I did. Very well written with a great message about who and what we will remember when our life is near its end. It is a quick read, and this version was well translated. Check it out.
Stars: 4.5
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