Author: Grytten, Frode

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 13 November 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent’s Tail) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 176 pages
130 x 198 x 13 | 158g

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNERGUARDIAN BEST TRANSLATED FICTION 2025’Beautifully written and thought-provoking, this stayed with me for a long time’ DAILY MAIL’Uplifting, gentle … each page is made marvellous. Grytten’s characters are intriguing, unique and reassuringly flawed’ TIMESHow would you spend your last day? And whom would you spend it with? Ferryman Nils Vik chooses to head out onto the fjord, as he has for many years. Today, the 18th of November, his trip is different. As his trusty boat reaches the sea, a lifetime of passengers join him from beyond the grave, among them his rescue dog, the American photographer he thought of as his friend and young Jon Anderson, whose funeral Nils attended. B