About the book: 2008 / On the edge of the abyss are the Faroe Islands, where death, love and the ocean reign. Where tears mix with snow. In this galaxy, people are completely different: some kiss against the backdrop of the setting sun while the whales sing in the bay, others beat these whales with a hook and bathe in a sea of ​​blood, and still others put their hands into their wounds to warm themselves with the warmth of the killed animals. By force of circumstances, the young Norwegian Matthias was brought there, who was born at the moment when the first cosmonaut stepped onto the Moon. Would you like to go on stage, sing and turn the whole Universe upside down? Matthias succeeded, but he doesn’t need the whole world, even if he has it in his hands. This unusually lyrical, witty and life-affirming book, according to critics, is “worth a sleepless night.” The space novel by the young Scandinavian Johan Harstad was awarded the international Bjornstjerne Bjornson Prize and has been translated into many languages..