The sky seems prepared this afternoon over the Danish coast. Countless fleecy clouds populate its bright blue. The sea breeze pushes them in front of the sun and casts shadows on the sculptures Henry Moore or Alexander Calder in the park Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk fall near Copenhagen. A literature festival takes place there every year at the end of August, which always attracts some big names in contemporary literature and always comes up with a few discoveries.

The Briton Seán Hewitt, 35, is one of them. Growing up in Warrington in northern England as the son of a carpenter and a primary school teacher, he now lives in Dublin and teaches at Trinity College. Recently is his debut novel The heavens open published in German. You meet Hewitt in the picturesque coastal landscape near Copenhagen to talk about the novel and the Love to speak.