DRÖMMAR VID HAVET – DREAMS BY THE SEA

BY LARSSON, BJÖRN

In the Galician small fishing port Vila Garcia Rosa Moreno dreams of love. In the Irish coastal town of Kinsale Peter Sympson is waiting on the customer who will discover the hidden beauty of one of his most beloved gems. In Tréguier widow Madame Le Grand lives in the memories of the glory days of her husband’s shipping company. In Marstal, Denmark, Jacob Nielsen is searching for piece of mind after a busy career in the computer industry. To these four rarely visited ports, the carefree captain Marcel and his distressed officer Sundgren, comes sailing in a small coaster.

Marcel opens the eyes of these for the desire for something beyond the horizon, desire for a life that will not be lived without a trace.

First published by Norstedts, 1997
270 pages

Denmark, Centrum
France, Grasset + Le Livre Poche
Germany, Berlin Verlag + Goldmann
Greece, Psichogios
Italy, Iperborea
Norway, Stenersen Forlag
Sweden, Norstedts

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