“I didn’t dare ask, how do you migrate? What do you do about all the things that quiver?”

“He did live in the future, right up until he began to live in the past. When I think of it that way, he was a migrant through and through”

Where is home? a compelling intergenerational tale investigating identity, migration and homeland. A young woman, third generation migrant, is torn between her identity as a modern Danish woman and her idealized family identity as a Faroese descendant, a mute, frail, invisible legacy. Her recollection and reflections mingle with the stories of her grandparents and parents – stories which are the thread that make up her ties to this Ithaca of the soul, ever longed for and ever elusive, and help her reconnect. The narration is beautiful, from the atmospheric descriptions of the rugged landscapes and interiors crystallised in time to the wonderful storytelling in which nature gives birth to legends and people become mythical protagonists of family sagas. Her analysis of the painful, confused condition of migrant is poignant and thought-provoking. A fragmentary, loose structure that is not always easy to follow but interesting and evocative.

My thanks to Pushkn Press and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.