The End of the Ocean

Resumen del libro

'The story of a present-day Norwegian eco-campaigner alternates with that of a French family in the overheated future. They are in a camp for refugees from eco-disaster - but it's not all doom and gloom.

They find friendship, love and an unexpected gift from the past' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail 2019: seventy-year-old Signe sets out on a hazardous voyage to cross an entire ocean in only a sailboat. She is haunted by the loss of the love of her life, and is driven by a singular and all-consuming mission to make it back to him. 2041: David flees with his young daughter, Lou, from a war-torn Southern Europe plagued by drought.

They are on a desperate search to reunite with their family when they find Signe's abandoned sailboat in a parched French garden, miles away from the nearest shore. As David and Lou discover personal effects from Signe's travels, their journey of survival and hope weaves together with Signe's, forming a heartbreaking, inspiring story about the power of nature and the human spirit.

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.