Knut Pedersen, a restless middle-aged man from the Northlands, takes work digging wells, felling timber and doing odd jobs on farms. At Captain Falkenberg’s estate he watches the captain’s marriage to his lonely wife fray, and drifts back into their lives years later in the companion story.
Two linked short novels, Under the Autumn Star and A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings, from the Nobel laureate. Download the free EPUB.