Spejl, skulder, blink

Posted on 02 February 2018 by Dorthe Nors

Sonja kan ikke skifte gear Det er faktisk tvivlsomt, om hun overhovedet er s dan en, der kan l re at k re bil Hun er ldre end de andre p k reskolen, og hendes k rel rer Jytte har s meget p hjerte, at hun ikke har tid til at l re Sonja om gearskifte Hun ordner det bare for hende P sjette m ned.Som sin mor er Sonja ikke helt finjusteret som kvinde Hun bor alene i K benhavn, overs tter svenske krimier og g r til massage hos Ellen, som tydeligt kan m rke problemerne hobe sig op i hendes bindev v Men hun er en fighter, det har Sonja altid f et at vide Hun er nu ikke selv s sikker, men en dag samler hun mod til sig og beder om at skifte k rel rer Kan man for fanden ikke bare l re at k re bil New Read eBook Spejl, skulder, blink By Dorthe Nors – kino-fada.fr Was sent a copy.Bit boring Just couldn t get into it.Nearly 3.5 Though it s a bit unsatisfying as a story, ultimately I thought of this as an allegorical or cautionary tale about getting stuck In that case, the novel s title might serve as a clue to how to get out again mirror take a good look at yourself shoulder remember where you came from and then signal figure out small actions that indicate your willingness to change For Sonja that s the driving lessons, which symbolize true autonomy once she gets her license she ll be ab Nearly 3.5 Though it s a bit unsatisfying as a stor...I first heard of this book when it was on the Man Booker Prize International list this past year I tried a few pages when I was speed dating books for my trip and just knew it wasn t right for that time Then I listened to an episode of the Guardian Books Podcast where they spoke to the author and I really liked what she had to say her intentions with the book Featuring an older female character and not having it be about a relationship A small life I love small lives But what I loved in i I first heard of this book when it was on the Man Booker Prize International list this past year I tried a few pages when I was speed dating books for my trip and just knew it wasn t right for that time Then I listened to an episode of the Guardian Books Podcast where they spoke to the author and I really liked what she had to say her intentions with the book Featuring an older female character and not having it be about a relationship A small life I love small lives But what I loved in inten... With the job Sonja has, that s something she knows quite well language is powerful, almost magic, and the smallest alteration can elevate a sentence or be its undoing.Book 4 from the 2017 Man Booker International longlist.Dorthe Nors was better known to me at least in English as a writer of very short stories, notably for the collection Karate Chop, and novellas Minna Needs Rehearsal Space , but she is also a novel writer and Spejl, Skulder, Blink originally published in 2016, has been tra With the job Sonja has, that s something she knows quite well language is powerful, almost magic, and the smallest alteration can elevate a sentence or be its undoing.Book 4 from the 2017 Man Booker International longlist.Dorthe Nors was better know...Jeg er fan af Dorthe Nors P den lidt stille m de.Ingen skrigen, ingen tshirts, ingen breve, ingen plakater og ingen f rsteudgaver.Det her er bare s godt, at jeg i al fredsommelighed har st bt en 1 1 messingfigur af hende som jeg danser uhysterisk rundt om.Sonja is over forty, a translator of Swedish crime fiction, unmarried and without children, now physically distant from her country upbringing and her parents, and emotionally distant from her married sister Kate who remains there and has aconventional lifestyle of husband and children whereas Sonja realises her refusal to conform in her younger life is now affecting her later life Kate got everything she wanted Sonja thinks And in the order she wanted it Kate s never colored outside the Sonja is over forty, a translator of Swedish crime fiction, unmarried and without children, now physically distant from her country upbringing and her parents, and emotionally distant from her married sister Kate who remains there and has aconventional lifestyle of husband and children whereas Sonja realises her refusal to conform in her younger life is now affecting her later life Kate...3.5 stars Mirror, Shoulder, Signal follows a forty something woman named Sonja, who is struggling in various aspects of her life She is struggling to learn to drive and grow in confidence on the roads of Copenhagen She is struggling to get her sister to actually speak to her over the phone She s struggling with the holistic airy fairy diagnoses of her masseuse with regards to her mental state and well being She s just struggling in general And to be honest That s about it This book is n 3.5 stars Mirror, Shoulder, Signal follows a forty something woman named Sonja, who is struggling in various aspects of her life She is struggling to learn to drive and grow in confidence on the roads of Copenhagen She is struggling to get her sister to actually speak to her over the phone She s struggling with the holistic airy fairy diagnoses of her masseuse with regards to her mental state and well being She s just struggling in general And to be honest That s about it This book is not plot driven by any means, rather choosing to focus in on one particular character, and her relationship with herself, her family...This is a book about Sonja learning to drive It s a struggle to make it soundinteresting than that Somehow I never really engaged with the main protagonist and a book is always a struggle when that happens.It s probably just me, but it all seemed a bit artificial Sonja can t select the right gear when driving, she has trouble with her blind spot, she suffers from a specialised form of vertigo All these seem to be rather obvious metaphors for her general struggles with life.Book 10 of 1 This is a book about Sonja learning to drive It s a struggle to make it soundinteresting than that Somehow I never really engaged with the main protagonist and a book is always a struggle when that happens.It s probably just me, but it all seemed a bit artificial Sonja can t select the right gear when ...Sonja is forty and has never learned to drive Now, living in Copenhagen and working as a translator of Swedish crime fiction into Danish, she s going to learn But the project doesn t start out well her instructor, Jytte, barks instructions and makes her anxious and when she asks to switch instructors, she s landed with the driving school owner himself, Folke, a man of disconcertingly present sexuality Nor is all going well in other parts of Sonja s life her sister, Kate, won t return her pho Sonja is forty and has never learne...Humoristiskt om ensamhet, tillbakah llen ilska och om att f rs ka hitta sig sj lv.

02 February 2018

Dorthe Nors