What can you read on Faroe ?

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There are very few tourist guides on this destination. Faroe is treated, not to say sent, Mostly in some lines in guides dealing with Denmark or with Iceland. Travelers' stories: X. Marmier, "Lettres du Nord", 1855. H. Labonne, "L'Islande et les îles Feroeer", 1887. J.B. Charcot, "Les îles Féroé", 1931. R. Pilet, "Rapport sur une mission en Islande et aux îles Féroë", 1896. "Danemark - Féroé, Le Petit Futé" : Alone or in group, this guidebook abound in original suggestions of strolls and proposes a wide and rich range of places of residence and restoration. By far the best French-speaking guide. Bernard HENNEQUIN "L'Islande, le Groenland, les Féroé aujourd'hui" Les éditions du Jaguar, 1990. In english, Lonely Planet is the best : "Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands", 2001. B. BOYER, "Féroé, archipel des tempêtes", éditions Cent pages, 1987. Benoît RAOULX, "Les Îles Féroé", Université de Caen, 1992. J.G. SIMON "Féroé, histoire d'un habitat dans l'Atlantique Nord" Giaco Editeur, 1986. "Mythes nordiques", Points Seuil. Gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, monsters, huge in the heart of legends of the Scandinavian peoples. Williamson "The Atlantic Islands ; a study of the Faroese life and scene", 1970. Stephens, "The Faroe Islanders", in "Linguistic minorities in Western Europe", Gomer Press, USA, 1976. J. West, "Faroe, the Emergence of a Nation", Hurst, 1972. J. Wylie, "The Faroe Islands, Interpretations of History", 1987. W.B. Lockwood, "An introduction to modern faroese", 1977. Faroese authors : William HEINESEN, "Les Musiciens perdus", Actes Sud, 1991. William HEINESEN, "La lumière enchantée", Alinéa, 1986. William HEINESEN, "Mère pléïade", Esprit ouvert, 1995. William HEINESEN, "La marmite noire", Le passeur, 1997. Jørgen-Frantz JACOBSEN, "Barbara", Actes Sud, 1991 Jacobsen, Elkaer-Hansen "Îles de vieilles roches ; âmes de vieille roche", 1965. Films : "A 1 700 mètres de l'avenir", 1989. "Atlantic Rhapsody", 1989.