The Good Hope

by William Heinesen

First published in 1964 The Good Hope won The Nordic Prize for Literature.
It is the first English translation of one of the greatest novels in the Danish language.
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The Good Hope is an epistolary novel based on the life of the Reverend Lucas Debes, a larger than life character called Peder Ba, rresen in the novel. It tells a story of brutal oppression, poverty and terrible diseases, but also of resistance and of having the courage of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903517982
• ISBN13: 9781903517987
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"