Voyageurs: A NovelCanongate, 2003 - 466 էջ Historisk roman. Under grænsekrigene 1812 forsvinder en engelsk kvækermissionær i den canadiske vildmark. Hendes bror drager med pelshandlerne, les voyageurs, ud på en lang rejse for om muligt at finde hende |
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Էջ 78
... dark thickened , the trees became a wall of whispering shadows . Night creatures flickered to and fro just beyond the edges of my vision . The going was getting so slow I found myself like to be benighted , but I pressed on through the ...
... dark thickened , the trees became a wall of whispering shadows . Night creatures flickered to and fro just beyond the edges of my vision . The going was getting so slow I found myself like to be benighted , but I pressed on through the ...
Էջ 194
... dark . I kept the fire burning . I tended it all night while the men slept : we were all worn out , remember . There was no point trying to go after her in the dark . ' I heard him take a breath . ' All nights pass in the end . ' ' We ...
... dark . I kept the fire burning . I tended it all night while the men slept : we were all worn out , remember . There was no point trying to go after her in the dark . ' I heard him take a breath . ' All nights pass in the end . ' ' We ...
Էջ 334
... dark blob on the gleaming ice . So I won , I suppose . I'd like to have hit one flying , but this I never did . The deer trails were easy to follow . In the middle of the day we often walked quietly through the forest , noticing where ...
... dark blob on the gleaming ice . So I won , I suppose . I'd like to have hit one flying , but this I never did . The deer trails were easy to follow . In the middle of the day we often walked quietly through the forest , noticing where ...
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