In 2041, David and his young daughter, Lou, flee from a drought-stricken Southern Europe that has been ravaged by thirst and war。 Separated from the rest of their family and desperate to find them, they discover an ancient sailboat in a dried-out garden, miles away from the nearest shore。 Signe’s sailboat。
As David and Lou discover Signe’s personal effects, her long ago journey becomes inexorably linked to their own。
An evocative tale of the search for love and connection, The End of the Ocean is a profoundly moving father daughter story of survival and a clarion call for climate action。
Translated from the Norwegian by Diane Oatley
As the water crisis gets worse, the desperation echoes the extremities of Emily St。 John Mandel’s postapocalyptic Station Eleven (2014)。 In a gripping narrative, Lunde portrays the profit-motivated decisions that created and are now exacerbating David’s horrific existence。 This is another brilliant call to arms from a vital contemporary novelist。