William Heinesen

Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.

"Music is at the heart of this book. The devotion to it of a group of amateur musicians forming the Boman Quartet prevents a series of dramatic events from turning into heart-rending tragedy. Music enables each of the musicians to rise above his own bleak situation. But there is humour, too, especially in the satirical, larger than life portrayal of the local sectarians, led by the bank manager Ankersen, as they seek in vain to break the spirit of the musicians. And humour of a more earthly kind in Janniksen, the huge blacksmith who is completely at the mercy of his petty-minded sectarian wife. The setting is a small Faroese town at the beginning of the 20th century - and that town is today the capital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn."--BOOK JACKET.

The articles contained in this collection were published under the column “Føroyar í dag” (the Faroes today) in the newspaper Føroya Socialdemokrat in 1943 and 1944. Edited and written by William Heinesen and Heðin Brú. The collection represents a comprehensive contribution to the discourse regarding Faroese politics and Faroese culture during the Second World War. --publisher's description from sprotin.fo viewed on Dec. 11, 2019.