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I should not have gone back to the island but did it all the same.

After many years away, Andreas returns to his childhood home on a small island off the Norwegian coast. He is there to sort through the belongings of his late foster father in their decaying old house, the Yellow Villa. But he soon finds himself overwhelmed with unexpected memories, and begins to uncover not only the shadowy history of the island, but the mysterious truth about his family''s past ...

Rich in shimmering echoes from Shakespeare''s play, Steve Sem-Sandberg''s The Tempest is a hypnotic portrayal of the inherited guilt that seeps through generations, haunting an island overgrown with myths.

The Tempest

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    A Paperback by Steve Sem-Sandberg

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 2/21/2019
      ISBN-13 9780571334513
      978-0571334513
      ISBN-10 0571334512

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      I should not have gone back to the island but did it all the same.

      After many years away, Andreas returns to his childhood home on a small island off the Norwegian coast. He is there to sort through the belongings of his late foster father in their decaying old house, the Yellow Villa. But he soon finds himself overwhelmed with unexpected memories, and begins to uncover not only the shadowy history of the island, but the mysterious truth about his family''s past ...

      Rich in shimmering echoes from Shakespeare''s play, Steve Sem-Sandberg''s The Tempest is a hypnotic portrayal of the inherited guilt that seeps through generations, haunting an island overgrown with myths.

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