Bragi Ólafsson
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Fotografie: Einar Falur Ingólfsson, Nordbild, www.norden.org
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Pets door Bragi Olafsson
Most of the book was good, but when I finished the last page I actually looked to see if pages had been torn out or lost; the end isn't an ending at all but simply where the author stopped writing.
Afskaplega grár húmor um náunga sem ýtt er í sumarfrí. Þar lendir hann fljótlega í afskaplegum vandræðum því hann þarf að taka ákvarðanir og vera ábyrgur gjörða sinna. Hvað vill hann eiginlega með lífi sínu? Hvernig á hann að taka ákvarðanir og hverjar gætu orðið afleiðingar gjörða hans? Þó það sé ekki nema að fara með bílinn sinn í viðgerð af því að hann er bilaður og stopp út í vegkanti. Sífelld frestun ýtir honum fljótlega út í öngstræti og lesandinn örvæntir fljótlega yfir ræfilskap "aðalhetjunnar" og ákvarðanafælni.… (meer)
A funny-but-sad look at the life of an Icelandic poet who is ostensibly representing his country at a Lithuanian poetry conference. The Ambassador has many threads to pick: I enjoyed following the influence of Gogol's "Overcoat."
The Ambassador is on my blog here.
The Ambassador is on my blog here.
All the way through this novel, by Icelandic author, Bragi Olafsson, I was thinking about "Waiting For Godot". The plot is a bit more elaborate, but nothing happens. Does that make any sense? Fears, memories, fantasies are omnipresent, yet nothing happens. This one is a bit of a fever dream, perhaps born of a deep Icelandic winter?
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