We, The Drowned

Carsten Jensen is unquestionably one of the most exciting authors writing in Scandinavia today. I always look forward hugely to his books. He is, in my opinion, an utterly unique story-teller

Henning Mankell

An epic tale

Independent

A novel of immense authority and ambition and beauty, by a master storyteller at the height of his powers. This is a book to sail into, to explore, to get lost in, but it is also a book that brings the reader, dazzled by wonders, home to the heart from which great stories come. Meet Carsten Jensen halfway and you're spellbound

Joseph O'Connor

Impressive... one of the more engrossing literary voyages of recent years... rich, powerful and rewarding

Financial Times

In the original Danish, Vi de druknede has already won the Danske Banks Litteraturpris, Demark's equivalent of the Man Booker. Now it has been unleashed on the English-speaking world, many more accolades will surely follow

Roger Cox, The Scotsman

We, The Drowned is first and foremost a novel about the sea, a novel which has practically been written in cooperation with the great authors of the nineteenth century - Conrad, Melville, Stevenson... We, The Drowned is the best novel I have read in ages.

Aftenposten, Norway

Manoeuvres easily between intimacy, subtlety and contagious pleasure in the greater narrative, the cock-and-bull story and the grotesque details... a counterpart to Gabriel García Márquez and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Jyllands-Posten, Denmark

A fiercely romantic novel that spans over 100 years of Danish history of war and love... Large in size, but even larger in scope because of its storytelling and writing.

Berlingske Tidende, Denmark

Epic tale

Boyd Tonkin, Independent Summer Reads