The Dream of a Tree

Resumen del libro

From the bestselling author of The History of Bees Longyearbyen, 2110: Far to the North, buried deep in the mountains, is a massive vault filled with seeds from every corner of the Earth. Tommy grows up in the brutal landscape of Spitzbergen alongside his two brothers, for whom he would do anything, and his grandmother, the seed keeper of the vault. Life just to the South of the North Pole is demanding, but their tiny community has found its shape. It has been many years since they cut off contact with other countries, and in their isolation, they live in harmony with nature.

When Longyearbyen is hit by a disaster, Tommy, his brothers, and his grandmother are among the few survivors. Six lonely people in a deserted landscape, in possession of a treasure the world thought forever lost. At the same time, in a place far, far away, Tao subsists on the memories of her son Wei-Wen, whom she lost twelve years ago.

Every day is the same; she is numb with sadness. And she is starving, like the rest of her people, trapped on a barren, impoverished land where countless species have disappeared. But everything changes the day Tao is asked to lead an expedition to the North.

Biografía del autor

Maja Lunde nació en Oslo en 1975 y en la actualidad trabaja como guionista en algunas de las series televisivas más populares de Noruega. Con su debut literario, La historia de las abejas (2015), se la tradujo a una treintena de idiomas. Desde entonces ha seguido publicando con gran éxito novelas como Battle (2018; Nocturna, 2021), llevada al cine; La hermana de nieve (2018); o La travesía, cuya adaptación cinematográfica se estrenó en 2020. Entre otros reconocimientos, ha ganado el premio de los libreros de Noruega.