The Sorrow of Angels - Hardcover

Stefansson, Jon Kalman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 162365470X ISBN 13: 9781623654702

Verlag: Quercus NA, 2015

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"An epic tale of survival set among Iceland's unforgiving fjords . . . [The Sorrow of Angels] is its elemental terrors and existential challenges recalls a Nordic version of one of Cormac McCarthy's journeys . . . laconic stoicism yields in extremity to moments of surpassing tenderness and intimacy . . . beautifully rendered by translator Philip Roughton, the icy journey chills and thrills. Devour this book with a hot drink in a warm room; you will never feel more grateful for shelter and society." Boyd Tonkin, ""The Indepdendent"""

"If you haven't read Heaven And Hell, the first in Reykjavik-born author Jon Kalman Stefansson's captivating trilogy, that needn't be a deterrent from falling head over heels in love with The Sorrow Of Angels . . . the author eloquently harnesses an overwhelming sense of enormity and vastness . . . The dizzying climax will leave you breathless." ""The Herald Scotland"""

"An excellent translation from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton, who clearly has a deep understanding of the musicality of language . . . What is most striking about the novel is not the story, but the language: simple words are arranged in such a way that they become exquisite. Stefansson uses lengthy sentences that in another author's hands would be clumsy and unwieldy; but in his unusual prose they become so startlingly beautiful that the reader must pause every few pages to absorb them. His syntax is unconventional in a way that is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy: every paragraph is like a poem." ""The Iceland Review"""

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The Sorrow of Angels is the second novel in an epic and elemental trilogy by the winner of the Icelandic Prize for Literature Jón Kalman Stefánsson, and the follow up to Heaven and Hell (publishing in paperback 3/11/15.) The Sorrow of Angels continues to follow "the boy" who, after suffering a terrible loss at sea, stops at a small Icelandic village that will become his adopted home and his redemption. The book is a part of a trilogy, but as Susan Swarbrick wrote in The Herald Scotland, "If you haven't read Heaven And Hell, the first in Reykjavik-born author Jon Kalman Stefansson's captivating trilogy, that needn't be a deterrent from falling head over heels in love with The Sorrow Of Angels."
It is three weeks since the boy came to town, carrying a book of poetry to return to the old sea captain-the poetry Bár?ur died for. Three weeks, but already Bár?ur's ghost has faded. Snow falls so heavily that it binds heaven and earth together.
As the villagers gather in the inn to drink schnapps and coffee while the boy reads to them from Hamlet, Jens the postman stumbles in half-dead, having almost frozen to his horse. On his next journey to the fjords Jens is accompanied by the boy, and both must risk their lives for each other, and for an unusual item of mail.
The Sorrow of Angels is a timeless and powerful story that evokes the struggle of man against the ferocious majesty of nature. Asked by The Independent what inspired him to write these three novels, Stefánsson named his first visit to the landscape of Iceland's West Fjords. "It was like a punch in the solar plexus . . . The mountains seemed to be saying, 'Why aren't you writing about us?" (Independent, 2013).

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• Verlag: Quercus NA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 162365470X
• ISBN 13: 9781623654702
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304