Evoking L.P. Hartley, Trond reflects, ???when someone says the past is a foreign country, that they do things differently there, then I have probably felt that way for most of my life because I have been obliged to, but I am not any more.??? This sentiment, precisely placed at the point of maximal impact and beautifully juxtaposed with one of Trond???s final memories of his father, would provide a