A Sailor Steps Ashore
Sandemose, Aksel: En sjømann går i landThis is Sandemose’s debut as a Norwegian author. We meet Espen Arnakke, 17 years old and a sailor. One night he becomes a murderer, and wherever he goes later in life, he will be haunted by the ghost of John Wakefield. The great Sandemose motives – hatred, love, jealousy and murder – are here given their first significant version. Epilogue by Espen Haavardsholm.
First published: 1931
Aksel Sandemose: Biography and bibliography
