Reply to a Letter from Helga
Bjarni has long held on to a letter from former lover Helga, with whom he shared an illicit, impassioned love. Her letter invited him to leave his wife and his farm and pursue prosperity in the city, where World War II had brought an influx of American marines and opportunities for work. But he...
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Bjarni has long held on to a letter from former lover Helga, with whom he shared an illicit, impassioned love. Her letter invited him to leave his wife and his farm and pursue prosperity in the city, where World War II had brought an influx of American marines and opportunities for work. But he chose not to reply. Years later, as he reflects on a long and simple life among
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781611097078
Publisher: Amazon Crossing
Pages no: 143
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Love,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Roman,
Scandinavian Literature,
Fiction,
Novella
The author's excellent descriptions of Icelandic country life around World War II makes the setting the main character and my favorite part of this novel. It makes you feel that you know exactly how people lived at that time in that place. I didn't care much for the protagonist, the sheep farmer Bja...
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