The Reindeer Hunters - Lars Mytting As he digs deeper into

As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past

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

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

disorienting urbanisation of later decades

streets echoing with the sound of stilettos

The Reindeer Hunters - Lars Mytting As he digs deeper intoThe 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 Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community.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