Books by Carsten Jensen

1. Carsten Jensen, We, the Drowned .  A series of generational tales from a Danish fishing village, starting with the 1864 conflict against Germany.  The WSJ loved it , the Danes loved it, eight Amazon readers loved it, and I liked it quite a bit at first.  Eventually I was wandering in a "tweener" novel — serious enough not to be stupid, yet not enough giddy fun to be a page turner, not serious enough to be deep, and ultimately a European novel of ideas by the numbers.  Some of you are likely t...