Headed east, he encounters the human tide headed west, and his decades-long quest makes for a book overflowing with adventure.įrom a naïve youngster, Håkan grows into a literal giant, his height matching his mythic reputation as “the Hawk.” The writing style is free of sentimental conclusions and emotional directives, yet Håkan is a perpetually engaging and sympathetic character, so expressively drawn that bouts of loneliness, heartache, and shame vibrate off the page. Without money, education, or knowledge of English, he sets out on foot to cross the continent and find his brother. When the two become separated, Håkan is directed to the wrong ship, and lands on the west coast rather than on the east.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, fifteen-year-old Håkan Söderström is bound for New York with his protective older brother, Linus.
Håkan is so expressively drawn that his bouts of loneliness, heartache, and shame vibrate off the page.Ī Swedish immigrant, the American West, and the powers of fate unite in Hernan Diaz’s stunning novel, In the Distance.
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