About the book: 1997 / Johannes Vilhelm Jensen is a famous Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate. Jensen’s work is practically unknown to the modern Russian reader, while works abroad Jensen's books are constantly being republished. Jensen tried to create a colossal panorama of the fate of the Scandinavian tribes - from the Ice Age to the barbarian campaigns against Rome. The epic “The Long Journey” is a brilliant example of “high” literature. The publication of Jensen in Russian is a significant cultural event in the process of Russian book publishing.