by Tarjei Vesaas

Translated into English by R J Dent

Tarjei Vesaas’s The Seed  is set on a small, idyllic-seeming Norwegian island which is visited by a stranger during a particularly hot summer. After a young girl is murdered, the stranger is blamed and hunted down by the islanders.

The Seed convincingly portrays the collective madness of a lynch mob and the later collective shame of every individual. Tarjei Vesaas’s taut, spare prose exposes the guilt and mistrust – and the inevitable attempt at expiation that follows every act of violence.

Book details:

Title: The Seed

Author: Tarjei Vesaas

Translator: R J Dent

ISBN: 978-1-300-27154-3

Language: English

Pages: 180

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Incunabula

Publication date: May 2025

Link to The Seed at Incunabula: https://incunabulamedia.com/fiction-%26-non-fiction