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Sto caricando le informazioni... From the Mouth of the Whale (2008)di Sjón
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. One of the stranger works of historical fiction I've read, this stream-of-consciousness tale moves through territory of history, fable, story, poetry, and forays into the speculative at a frightening pace, but is carried along by a tough lyricism that all but demands a reader keep going. It feels like this book might be one which could benefit from a second and even a third read, but so much of what I enjoyed here was in the 'experience' and poetry of the first reading, I suspect I'm more likely to try one of Sjon's other works. This one was an interesting one, certainly, but covered so much territory that the reading felt more fragmented and wandering than I really would have liked. ( ) Oh, I wanted to like this book. Oh, I tried to like this book… but it did not work for me. I do believe that there is a right time for a book, and this one maybe came at the wrong time. I usually don’t mind “stream of consciousness” but I really found it hard to follow it here. The narrator’s voice jumped and changed from long fantastic flows into historical accounts (I did like those – they were a reprieve) to mystical meanderings. I would get lost and as much as I tried and paid attention, I could not find my way around this story. Other reviewers mentioned that they never read anything like this book before. I do agree with them there, but a novelty is not necessary a pleasurable experience. I am giving it 3 stars though, because I have a great attraction and sympathy for characters/people that suffer from what I call The Cassandra Syndrome: Those that are able to see a situation, or are historically ahead of their time, but their knowledge is not welcomed. On the contrary, they are cursed and banned by the very people that they could have helped. I would still recommend this book, but only to those people that can stare at a disco light without getting a migraine, or yet a seizure. The psychedelic feeling would be very much alike, I assure you.
Med den här vackra romanen står det klart att Sjón både vill och kan bli en sorts isländsk nationalförfattare Premi e riconoscimenti
The year is 1635. Iceland is a world darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty. Men of science marvel over a unicorn's horn, poor folk worship the Virgin in secret and both books and men are burnt. Jona Palmason, a poet and self-taught healer, has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct, having fallen foul of the local magistrate. Banished to a barren island, Jonas recalls his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snjafjoll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the deaths of his three children. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)839.6935Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Icelandic, Faroese literatures Modern West Scandinavian; Modern Icelandic Modern Icelandic fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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