Not even Thomas Hardy could wring such tragedy from a handful of ordinary characters, closely observed in their rural surroundings. (Now!)
My thoughts (hastily scribbled on a postcard):
A good book. A bit Buddenbrooks, a bit of a drama, with a great amount of insight. The ‘wayfarers’ are threefold: Edevart and August, wandering around Norway; all those who head for America and the new world; and the whole advance towards progress. In the inevitability and then both the benefits and problems of progress, the book has a lot to say. But it isn’t Mysteries, which leaves you with an enigma still demanding to be solved. You’re left instead with a good, romantic story.
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