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What it's about: Ewa from Gdańsk comes to Ballstad in Lofoten to work a cod season at a fish plant, under a gruff but kind foreman, Kåre. The hard, cold work almost breaks her, until a ten-year-old tongue-cutter turns up at her door with a bag of cod tongues and a surprising message.

Den første skreien Ewa holdt i hendene, var nesten like lang som armen hennes. Den gled rett ut av hanskene og landet med et smell på betonggulvet. Formannen, en kraftig mann i sekstiårene med grå skjeggstubber, så på fisken og deretter på henne. Kåre«Den svømmer ikke lenger. Du trenger ikke å slippe den fri.» Han het Kåre, og han var ikke en mann som brukte mange ord.

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