The Reindeer Hunters - Lars Mytting humans are on the verge

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

disorienting urbanisation of later decades

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

The old Marché des Innocents has been knocked down as part of Haussmann's grand programme of urban reconstruction to make way for Les Halles

The Reindeer Hunters - Lars Mytting humans are on the vergeThe 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 Her son Jehans lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community.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