Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925–2011)
Auteur van Justice Undone
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1925-08-12
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2011-03-02
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Iceland
- Geboorteplaats
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Beroepen
- author
sailor
translator
poet - Relaties
- Thorsson, Guðmundur Andri (son)
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Prijzen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 25
- Leden
- 100
- Populariteit
- #190,120
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 31
- Talen
- 10
- Favoriet
- 2
The plot underlies though thorny unanswered questions about morality and conformity, magnificent descriptions of the Icelandic countryside, references to folk tales and sagas, portrayals of the brutal life led by peasants oppressed by the 'nobles', and unforgettably vivid dreams. And it seems almost as if we're being shown the essence of the characters, who are anything but one-dimensional.
It was the writing style that I found most difficult to adjust to. Vilhjalmsson writes in a fairly conventional straightforward way when dealing with concrete matters like the hearing in court and at other times employs devices that aren't new to me: He's elliptical, uses sentence fragments, leaves unclear for awhile what a phrase or sentence refers to. But his diction is sometimes so odd that it stopped me dead in my tracks--a voice like 'a stalactite' is an example. On stopping to re-read such a phrase though I would usually see that it was in fact metaphorical--in this instance, for a singer's groping for and then grasping of a very low note--and in the end I enjoyed being jolted by the way words were used.
A rich and rewarding book.… (meer)