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Indlæser... Valentines: Storiesaf Olaf Olafsson
  
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From the acclaimed Icelandic author of Absolution, The Journey Home (now about to start filming under Liv Ullmann’s direction) and Walking into the Night: a haunting collection of thematically linked stories that encompasses the twelve months of a year, capturing the most candid moments between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children–when truths and true feelings surge to the surface and everything changes. Olaf Olafsson’s fans will recognize the perfect restraint and precision–and quick wit–with which he characteristically explores these dark epiphanies, when the heart is suddenly laid bare, whether by love or betrayal, disenchantment or regret, or the shock of loss. While their settings range from the East Coast to the West Coast, from Paris to Slovenia and Iceland, these contemporary stories probe the complexity of modern relationships over time. A wife realizes her closest confidante is much more than that. A father tries to make his new lover into the image of his late wife. A lusty photographer confronts his own mortality. A couple’s long-anticipated anniversary vacation opens onto the past. A husband, a wife, a child, a boating accident: no harm done . . . and yet? Each of the twelve stories reveals another element in the agonizing nature of passion, diminished and yet sustained over time. This is a powerful work of fiction from one of our most gifted and subtle international writers at work today. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Indlæser...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.6934Literature 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 1900-1999LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit: (3.79)
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As an example, in one particular story, a middle-aged couple—Jenny and Karl— go on a ski trip. We learn a bit of background in that they have been unable to have children, and have pursued adoption, but after difficulties with the process the two seem to agree to stop. Meanwhile, back at the ski lodge, Karl injures himself in the lodge gym, but encourages Jenny to continue to enjoy the ski vacation on the slopes. While she is skiing, the limping Karl, who doesn’t seem a terribly sympathetic character, makes conversation with another vacationer and his young son. As they converse, Karl casually invents a fictional son to talk about. Of course, when Jenny returns she is not aware of this and inadvertently outs him. Here the reader is, with the characters, in a tense, uncomfortable spot. The temptation might be to think Karl a fool and judge him harshly, but instead one sees his raw vulnerability because clearly, deep down, he still badly wants a child.
I found this collection addictive from the very beginning but rather than racing through it, I read one story each evening. As with other collections, some stories are better than others. The collection is a must read for Olafsson fans; bit also for readers of intelligent, poignant and affecting fiction. (