Part of Series
Andet bind i serien om Johanne og hendes families udvandring til Amerika. 1883. Efterhånden er det fire år siden, Johanne ankom til Nebraska for at gense Jens, og meget er sket siden. Gården er vokset, det samme er børnene og Johannes tiltro til Jens. Men uforudsete hændelser gør, at alt med ét ændrer sig. Gården er i fare, Anton må flygte og en kirkegård begynder langsomt at tage form på deres jord. Samtidig ankommer danskeren Anders til New Orleans om bord på briggen Santa Orelia. Han lader sig lede af tilfældet, der fører ham op ad Mississippi på en hjuldamper og rundt i Amerika med Buffalo Bills omrejsende Wild West Show, indtil den dag, Anders pludselig befinder sig på Johannes jord i Nebraska i selskab med en gammel pawneehøvding.
Author
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1972, Winter Men is Jesper Bugge Kold's first novel. It was published in Denmark in August 2014, and the same year it was nominated to the prestigious Debutant's Prize at BogForum. Jesper Bugge Kold grew up in Copenhagen and has a bachelor's degree from the Library School and a master's degree from the University of Information Technology. Later, working as a sports journalist on several Danish TV-channels, he was editor on the national coverage of NFL. In 2009 he and his family moved to the countryside where he found time to start writing. Based on an enormous amount of research, Jesper Bugge Kold has been in contact with former concentration camps, historians, and museums during the writing of Winter Men. Quick facts: -He started working on Winter Men in October 2010 -He lives in the island of Funen with his wife and two children -He used to play guitar in the band Biff Baxter Band with whom he released two CDs -He laughs but mostly cries with the soccer team Aston Villa -His favorite authors are Jorge Luis Borges, John Steinbeck, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Richard Ford and Jonathan Safran Foer among others -His new novel is published in Denmark april 2016 and takes place in the German Democratic Republic
