Summary
Erik Fosnes Hansen: A Psalm at the End of the Road
A Psalm at the End of the Road is the story of the tragic voyage of the "unsinkable" Titanic, told from the perspective of seven fictional ship's musicians of different origins, but the same fate. The author follows the interesting and touching lives of his characters. Their personal journeys are reflected and framed in the fate of the ship itself, which sails for the first and last time.
While the "unsinkable" ship is sinking, the ship's musicians play hits and psalms, they play the death march for Europe and the world, which will experience the most tragic and bloodiest century after the Titanic tragedy.
The author has opted for a realistic concept of storytelling, with the fact that this realistic concept is greatly emphasized here. expands, taking on mythical dimensions. The Titanic tragedy served the writer as a frame in which he placed, and all through the story of the seven musicians, a picture of Europe in turmoil, from the end of the 19th century. and the beginning of the 20th century.
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