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Wikipedia article
'The Sharks' is a novel written by Norwegian author Jens Bjrneboe between 1973 and 1974 and originally published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag in 1974. It is an allegorical sea story and was his last work. The external action takes place aboard the bark "Neptune," which is on its way from Manila to Marseille via Rio de Janeiro. The year is 1899, and it is also a voyage into the new century. The story is told through the voice of Norwegian "Peder Jensen," the ship's second mate, who resembles Bjrneboe himself. This book has a very strong symbolism; the ship is always pursued by sharks and on board, there are peoples of all nationalities. The ship is a symbol of the world, where the captain symbolizes those who have the power and the crew the oppressed. The sharks that pursue the ship symbolize the demons in man. The novel ends with a mutiny and a shipwreck, before the crew and officers are stranded on a deserted island where they live in peaceful anarchy before being picked up by a passing ship. 'The Sharks' is considered one of Bjrneboe's most important novels and has been translated into multiple languages. Two years after its publication Bjrneboe committed suicide.
Bibliography
*Jens Bjrneboe, 'The sharks: the history of a crew and a shipwreck', Norvik Press, 1992,
*Jens Bjrneboe, 'Haiene: Historien om et mannskap og et forlis', Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1974,
References
*Laila Aase, Om Haiene av Jens Bjrneboe, Karnov, 1996,
Category:1974 novels
Category:20th-century Norwegian novels
Category:Fiction set in 1899
Category:Novels set in the 1890s
Category:Gyldendal Norsk Forlag books
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