When Paul Watkins was 19 years old, he was the victim of a terrible accident while working on a scallop trawler deep at sea: A steel … When Paul Watkins was 19 years old, he was the victim of a terrible accident while working on a scallop trawler deep at sea: A steel dredge swung into his face, shearing a hole in his jaw. For nearly a week, Watkins endured the agonizing wait for the boat to return to shore. A fellow crewmate, a Norwegian, helped Watkins pass the time, telling him stories of the stunningly beautiful, mountainous, snow-capped land of his birth. Through his pain, Watkins imagined what such a place would be like and vowed he would go and experience it for himself. He has, every year since.
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"It is the silence, the stillness, that captivates him most and which he artfully conveys in this most captivating of books.—Chicago Tribune It is the silence, the stillness, that captivates him most and which he artfully conveys in this most captivating of books.—Chicago Tribune
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