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Laddar... Pets (2011)av Bragi Ólafsson
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. 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. ( ) An odd Icelandic story about a man hiding under a bed in his own apartment throughtout an evening in which his friends have a party without him. It is a quick read....mildly engaging with a disappointing ending. The characters are interesting and the plot is clever, yet pverall the story falls short somehow. Oh well...... Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. A deadpan tale of a man avoiding emotional connection. The narrator goes to increasingly absurd lengths to escape from an annoying former friend, eventually hiding under his bed while his friends and family occupy his home. The novel is strongly reminiscent of the work of Donald Antrim in the way the increasingly ridiculous situation develops without a loss of psychological credibility.Det här är en av LibraryThings förhandsrecensioner. Emil has won a million kronor. He has been on a shopping spree in London to buy books and music. On the plane home he meets a woman he finds attractive, Greta and takes her phone number. Emil accidentally takes the glasses of the person sitting next to him on the plane. Emil gets home, he puts on some music and boils some water for coffee. At that moment, there is an increasingly loud bang on the door, Emil peers out of the window, it is a long lost accquaintance called Havard who Emil does not want to see. He therefore hides under his bed. Havard breaks in... then proceeds to drink a lot of whisky and wine and have a party with all of Emil's friends. Bizarre and a little pointless. However, quite nicely written. I think the writer is making a point but i'm not sure what it is. Perhaps, don't be a coward and hide under the bed..? Three stars. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"Dark, scary, and unbelievably funny."--Los Angeles Times "The best short novel I've read this year. . . .Small, dark, and hard to put down,The Pets may be a classic in the literature of small enclosed spaces."--Barnes & Noble Review Back in Reykjavik after a vacation in London, Emil Halldorsson is waiting for a call from a beautiful girl, Greta, that he met on the plane ride home, and he's just put on a pot of coffee when an unexpected visitor knocks on the door. Peeking through a window, Emil spies an erstwhile friend--Havard Knutsson, his one-time roommate and current resident of a Swedish mental institution--on his doorstep, and he panics, taking refuge under his bed and hoping the frightful nuisance will simply go away. Havard won't be so easily put off, however, and he breaks into Emil's apartment and decides to wait for his return--Emil couldn't have gone far; the pot of coffee is still warming on the stove. While Emil hides under his bed, increasingly unable to show himself with each passing moment, Havard discovers the booze, and he ends up hosting a bizarre party for Emil's friends, and Greta. An alternately dark and hilarious story of cowardice, comeuppance, and assumed identity, the breezy and straightforward style of The Pets belies its narrative depth, and disguises a complexity that grows with every page. Bragi Ólafsson is the author of several books of poetry and short stories, and four novels, includingTime Off, which was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 1999 (as wasThe Pets), andParty Games, for which Bragi received the DV Cultural Prize in 2004.The Ambassador, available from Open Letter, was a finalist for the 2008 Nordic Literature Prize and received the Icelandic Bookseller's Award as best novel of the year. Bragi is one of the founders of the publishing company Smekkleysa (Bad Taste), and has translated Paul Auster'sCity of Glass into Icelandic. He is also a former bass player with The Sugarcubes, the internationally successful pop group that featured Bjürk as the lead vocalist. Janice Balfour studied literature and Italian at the University of Iceland. In addition to Bragi Ólafsson, she has translated two collections of short stories by Gydir Elíasson. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.6934Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Icelandic, Faroese literatures Modern West Scandinavian; Modern Icelandic Modern Icelandic fiction 1900-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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