by Carsten Jensen · Gyldendal · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788702167290
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«Den første sten» is the war novel by Carsten Jensen, published by Gyldendal in paperback (612 pages, in Danish).
Young Danes enlist for the war in Afghanistan, driven by an ideal of justice and a desire to test themselves in extreme conditions. They soon discover that no military training prepares them for what they will experience: survival as the only mission and a blurred line between pursuers and pursued, friend and enemy.
Originally published in 2015; the cover bears the mention «roman» and the work is framed as war and historical fiction.
For readers of war and historical fiction and contemporary Scandinavian literature.
Carsten Jensen is a Danish author and political columnist. He first earned recognition as a literary critic for the Copenhagen daily, Politiken. His books, including I Have Seen the World Begin (1996), deal with knowledge of the world. For this novel he won the Danish booksellers award De Gyldne Laurbær in 1996. The year 2006 saw the publication of his novel Vi, de druknede, a chronicle about the birth of modern Denmark, seen through the history of his hometown Marstal.
