{"product_id":"the-reindeer-hunters-hardcover","title":"The Reindeer Hunters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLars Mytting\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Dawkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second novel in the internationally bestselling Sister Bells trilogy, an epic, moving, and gloriously told historical novel following \u003ci\u003eThe Bell in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, an Indie Next pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second novel in Lars Mytting's powerful and compelling Sister Bells trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Reindeer Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e is both a sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Bell in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e and a stand-alone novel. Set again in fictional Butangen, Norway, where the story of the conjoined twin sisters Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne provides the mythical and mystical undergirding, \u003ci\u003eThe Reindeer Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds around the extraordinary tapestry that portrays the sisters' vision of Doomsday. After their death in 1613, the tapestry was given to the village church and lost at some point over the centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year is 1903. Twenty-two years after the events of \u003ci\u003eThe Bell in The Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, Astrid Hekne's son, Jehans, is now a young man. Driven out by his family, he lives on a homestead in the mountains near the village of Butangen, where he relishes the freedom of his life apart, fishing and hunting for his livelihood. One August morning, Jehans kills a massive reindeer and at the same moment encounters an enigmatic hunter . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the new church in Butangen, Pastor Kai Schweigaard is living with the consequences of his past betrayal--arranging the dismantling and sale of the stave church--including deaths and the loss of the church's mystical sister bells. Kai becomes obsessed with finding the ancient tapestry woven by the conjoined sisters in whose memory the bells were cast, with the hope that the tapestry will bring him redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite the unraveling legends from the past that continue to haunt these people, they must figure out how to look to the future. A magnificent story about love, sorrow, and courage, as well as taming waterfalls and the first flash of electric light in the village night, \u003ci\u003eThe Reindeer Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e is a grand and thrilling novel about what it takes to live in and embrace a new era. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLars Mytting\u003c\/b\u003e, one of Norway's bestselling writers, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bell in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sixteen Trees of the Somme\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNorwegian Wood\u003c\/i\u003e. His books, which have sold more than one million copies in 19 languages, have won the Norwegian Bookseller Prize and have been longlisted for the prestigious Dublin Literary Prize, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766102720800,"sku":"9781419759772","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b25039e5dd8ef98431b59bd5667e865e.webp?v=1780285537","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-reindeer-hunters-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}