The Old Man and His Sons
A touching novel that deftly captures a vanishing way of life.
A touching novel that deftly captures a vanishing way of life.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781846590733 (1846590736)
ASIN: 9781846590733
Publish date: 14-06-2011
Publisher: Telegram Books
Edition language: English
bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, paper-read, translation, danish-root, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, published-1940, autumn-2011 Read from November 07 to 08, 2011 Translated from the Faroese by John F WestOpening - A school of blackfish is in Seyvrágs Fjord - two or three hundred small whale...
I would have liked - would have really liked - to enjoy this one more than I did but, alas, it didn't happen. This is an interesting if sparse insight into the remote Faroese community around seventy years ago and yet virtually timeless, save for a couple of mentions to the telephone. I'm fascinated...
What a strange reaction I'm having to this book."Tragicomical" is the first word that comes to mind as I flail around for an explanation. If The Old Man and His Sons does anything, it makes the reader uncomfortable. I didn't know whether to laugh or cringe as I read the book. As I approached the end...
Translated from the Faroese by John F WestOpening - A school of blackfish is in Seyvrágs Fjord - two or three hundred small whales, swimming silently round in little groups, and longing to be backin the broad ocean again, for this is not the way they intended to go.WoolgatheringPeat cuttingPilot wh...
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