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
Book details and purchase links: https://incunabulamedia.com/r-j-dent