2024 Roverandom (Lars Thiesgaard)

Release Date: 2024.04.22
Reader: Lars Thiesgaard
Language: Danish
Translator: Jan Lyderik
Organisation: © 2024 Gyldendal
ISBN: 9788702414653
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Unabridged: Yes
Country: Denmark
Licenced: Yes
Formats: Digital

Lars Thiesgaard is often called “the man with the thousand voices” in Denmark. He is well known in the world of Danish voice acting, famous for his work with Disney. Thiesgaard brings a tremendous amount of character work to Roverandom. Given his background in animation, he is particularly skilled at the “character-heavy” segments of the book, such as the encounters with the Månemanden (The Man in the Moon) and the various sorcerers.

The audiobook uses the translation by Jan Lyderik, a seasoned translator of fantasy and children’s literature in Denmark. His translation of Roverandom preserves the 1920s whimsicality of the original text while ensuring the “dog-logic” jokes remain funny and accessible for a modern Danish audience.

The 2024 release of Roverandom is part of a broader effort by Gyldendal to update and digitize their Tolkien catalogue for the streaming era. While Roverandom stands alone, it is often grouped in digital libraries with other recent Gyldendal releases, such as the 2024 reading of Efterladte Historier (Unfinished Tales) narrated by Torben Sekov.