The Reindeer Hunters - Lars Mytting may find you seeking security

may find you seeking security in the untrustworthy arms of men

The oblique pull between these two narratives – a cipher in itself – brings to light everything that is at stake in times of conflict: truth and deception

humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers

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disorienting urbanisation of later decades

The Reindeer Hunters - Lars Mytting may find you seeking securityThe year is 1903, and twenty two years have passed since Astrid Hekne died in childbirth. Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community. He is drawn to freedom, to fishing and reindeer hunting, and one day meets a stranger over the body of a huge reindeer buck. Outside the new church in Butangen, Pastor Kai Schweigaard still cares for Astrid Hekne's grave. The village's overworked