'Richly drawn and something like Huckleberry Finn written by Cormac McCarthy: an adventure story as well as a meditation on the meaning of home.'- Sunday Times 'Singular and deeply affecting… In the Distance is a brutal, sad, tender coming-of-age story, set in a historical past that feels both familiar and at the same time like nothing we've ever encountered before.' - Guardian As Håkan confronts desert and mountains, he is thrown between the threat of violence and devastating loneliness, all the while keeping the image of his brother, and the hope of companionship, in the distance. In the Distance is a novel about radical foreignness – about being lost in a country that does not yet exist. As he travels on foot he moves against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encountering capitalists and colonialists, explorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream. He speaks no English and has no money but determined to find his brother, Håkan sets out on a journey east. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself instead on a ship bound for California. As a young man Håkan is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus to seek their fortunes in New York.

Giant in size, rumoured to be bloodthirsty and fearless, he is known simply as 'the Hawk'.īut behind this myth is a tale of loss and survival. Håkan Söderström is a man who has become a legend. 'Like Huckleberry Finn written by Cormac McCarthy.' - Sunday Times FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

In the distance by hernan diaz