Karen Emilson
Autore di Be Still the Water
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: mcnallyrobinson.com
Opere di Karen Emilson
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Canada
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Canada
- Luogo di residenza
- Vogar, Manitoba, Canada
Grunthal, Manitoba, Canada - Attività lavorative
- reporter
novelist
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 30
- Popolarità
- #449,942
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 6
We get to know Asta well. The descriptive language provides a sense of place. I particularly enjoyed the first half of the book, but the device is not as effective in the second, where Asta becomes more unreliable. I liked the pithy sayings, taken from Icelandic sagas, that introduce each chapter, and we learn about Icelandic customs. There is a thread of mystery in it, but it is a slowly developing storyline about the lives of a family living in a farming and fishing community. The tone is mostly sad or tragic, with a few bright spots. I can say I liked it, and the historical part is believable, but I felt the family story did not quite gel into a cohesive whole.
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