Book cover of a debut novel Clear by Carys Davies features an 1876 painting by Baade Knud Kunstner, Moonlight on the Norwegian Coast. In the background of the bookcover a photo of waves crashing.
A work of #islandliterature off the nth coast of Scotland 1843, the Highland Clearances
"He wished he could swim - the swimming belt felt like a flimsy thing and it had been no comfort to be told not to worry, the men couldn't swim either. "
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