Osmann: Ferryman of the North, (Hardcover)

<p><strong>In <em>Ó</em>s<em>mann, Ferryman of the North</em>, Joachim B. Schmidt delivers his most accomplished novel to date: a luminous work of historical fiction inspired by the true life of Jón Magnússon Ósmann (1862-1914), a legendary ferryman from northern Iceland. In lyrical, myth-infused prose, Schmidt portrays love, loss and resilience on a remote fjord in the north of the country.</strong></p><p>For more than forty years, Ósmann has rowed people, animals, and goods across the icy waters of Skagafjörður, becoming a figure of near-mythic stature. A fisherman and a winter seal hunter, a poet, drinker and devout believer, he shelters the needy and lives in close communion with a landscape where elves, ghosts and faith coexist. His generous spirit extends to friendships and to three great loves, yet his life is marked by profound loss: children die in infancy, friends drown or emigrate, and modernity slowly encroaches on the valley he has always known.</p><p>Told with fluid, lyrical prose and a deep sense of place, Ósmann blends history, myth and human vulnerability to evoke a vanished way of life at the edge of the Arctic. Beautiful, moving and quietly powerful, it confirms Schmidt -- already well known to English-language readers for <em>Kalmann </em>and <em>Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain</em> -- as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary European fiction.</p>

• Osmann: Ferryman of the North, (Hardcover)
• Author: Bitter Lemon Press
• ISBN: 9781916725348
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2027-03-30
• Page Count: 280