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J nas Ebeneser er 49 ra fr skilinn, valdalaus og gagnkynhneig ur karlma ur sem hefur ekki haldi utan um bert kvenmannshold alla vega ekki viljandi tta r og fimm m nu i En hann er handlaginn Hann hefur fl salagt sj ba herbergi og egar hann leggur af sta fer alag sem hann hefur ekki hugsa s r a sn a aftur r, tekur hann me s r borv l Au ur Ava lafsd ttir fjallar um st rstu spurningar mannsins, um l fi , dau ann og sj lfa stina sem llu skiptir, sinni fimmtu sk lds gu Au ur Ava hefur skrifa sk lds gur, leikrit, lj og er textah fundur popphlj msveitarinnar Milkywhale H n er margver launu fyrir sk lds gur s nar sem hafa veri ddar fj lm rg tungum l Best Download Ör by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Will the world miss me No Will the world be any poorer without me No Will the world survive without me Yes Is the world a better place now than when I came into it No What have I done to improve it Nothing When we need to place a name next to the word pessimism , Jonas will be ideal Our main protagonist stands on a crossroads, the most crucial in his life His marriage is broken, shadows are cast over the paternity of his beloved daughter and he feels there is no purpose leftWill the world miss me No Will the world be any poorer without me No Will the world survive without me Yes Is the world a better place now than when I came into it No What have I done to improve it Nothing When we need to place a name next to the word pessimism , Jonas will be ideal Our main protagonist stands on a crossroads, the most crucial in his life His marriage is broken, shadows are c...From A to Z around the World I is for Iceland part I At first, I had a feeling of dread to start Hotel Silence It was coming in line right after I finished My Struggle vol 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard and The Only Story by Julian Barnes While I loved both books, I wasn t in the mood for another story about a whining Nordic man As I keep my ARC deadlines, I had to push through Well, my reluctance was ill founded because I was impressed by the Icelandic writer and her little novel about loss a From A to Z around the World I is for Iceland part I At first, I had a feeling of dread to start Hotel Silence It was coming in line right after I finished My Struggle vol 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard and The Only Story by Julian Barnes While I loved both books, I wasn t in the mood for another story about a whining Nordic man As I keep my ARC deadlines, I had to push through Well, my reluctance was ill founded because I was impressed by the Icelandic writer and her little ...This quiet, somewhat understated novel really was muchthan I expected from its description From Jonas abject resignation to unhappiness with all aspects of his life, except for his daughter, to his search through his diaries for answers in the past, to the plan to die but how and where This man lives in his headAnd we live there with him The book is sprinkled with thoughtful poetic quotes from a number of authors who are listed at the end Another thing sprinkled through the story This quiet, somewhat understated novel really was muchthan I expected from its description From Jonas abject resignation to unhappiness with all aspects of his life, except for his daughter, to his search through his diaries for answers in the past, to the plan to die but how and where This man lives i...It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single, probably divorced, man or woman , in possession of 50 years or so of existence on this planet, must be in want of an existential crisis is this also true for women I honestly don t know Feel free to enlighten me Anyway, I m not Icelandic, nor have I ever stepped foot on Iceland s shores But I think I would like it there if this book is anything to go by I m a fairly solitary individual in the main, and I adore wide expanses of ve It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single, probably divorced, man or woman , in possession of 50 years or so of existence on this planet, must be in want of an existential crisis is this also true for women I honestly don t know Feel free to enlighten me Anyway, I m not Icelandic, nor have I ever stepped foot on Iceland s shores But I think I would like it there if this book is anything to go by I m a fairly solitary individual in the main, and I adore wide expanses of very little I m okay with peace and quiet and trees and hills and calm I loved the sparse simplicity of the lafsd ttir s writing does her name literally translate as Olaf s daughter, I wonder The way the author seemed to use just the right number of words to tell her story, and noAt no point will you think Jesus, can you please stop spinning off down tangential side streets and try to stick to the story J nas Ebeneser, ...Motivi per cui l ho letto finalista allo Strega europeo Supercorallo breve autrice islandese pi nota Non avevo idea di cosa parlasse, le quarte di copertina non le guardo quasi pi che spesso portano fuori strada Finora la mia unica esperienza con autori islandesi era stata con J n Kalman Stef nsson, molto poetico ma fin troppo barocco per i miei gusti lafsd ttir si piazza all estremo opposto, riduce tutto al minimo e va di sottrazione con l accetta E in effetti ho apprezzato quella Motivi per cui l ho letto finalista allo Strega europeo Supercorallo breve autrice islandese pi nota Non avevo idea di cosa parlasse, le quarte di copertina non le guardo quasi pi che spesso portano fuori strada Finora la mia unica esperienza con autori islandesi era stata con J n Kalman Stef nsson, molto poetico ma fin troppo barocco per i miei gusti lafsd ttir si piazza all estremo opposto, riduce tutto al minimo e va di sottrazione con l accetta E in effetti ho apprezzato quella sua delicatezza da Circolo polare, le emozioni sempre con la sordina inserita, mai una parola di troppo.Per mi discosto un po dall entusiasmo generale L idea di partenza buona ma poi si perde per strada Mi sembrata una storia poco credibile, troppo costruita Avrei preferito ci si soffermasse di pi sulla prima parte quella ambientata al nord , che uscisse fuori la desolazione di J nas e del suo mondo Invece pare tutto un po telecomandato Il fatto poi che ci sia una morale di fondo abbastanza evid...3.5 starsThis is very different from my usual reads It tells the story of J nas Ebeneser, a 49 yr old man who has in his eyes lost everything The last straw was learning from his ex wife that he s not the father of his adult daughter Now living in a tiny flat, he calmly decides there is no reason for him to go on living He s always been a quiet, insular man After selling his business, his only job these days is visiting his elderly mother I don t know who I am I m nothing I own 3.5 starsThis is very different from my usual reads It tells the story of J nas Ebeneser, a 49 yr old ma...Jonas seems, in the story, to be the type of person who really wants to help people, even though he went to Hotel Silence to commit suicide His thought was to save his daughter the sting of finding him It s out of the country in a war zone, currently under a cease fire Hotel Silence needs to be updated, the result of war Audur Ava Olafsdottir uses poetry to bring to life all the sayings that Jonas has heard, and for once I could make sense of all the poetry and could see how it goes with eac Jonas seems, in the story, to be the type of person who really wants to help people, even though he went to Hotel Silence to commit suicide His thought was to save his daughter the sting of finding him It s out of the country in a war zone, currently under a cease fire Hotel Silence needs to be updated, the result of war Audur Ava Olafsdottir uses poetry to bring to life all the sayings that Jonas has heard, and ...The formulation of a scar is a natural part of the biological process, which occurs when a lesion to the skin or other body tissue grows after an accident, illness or surgery Since the body is unable to create an exact replica of the damaged tissue, the fresh tissue grows with a new texture and properties that differ from the undamaged skin around itHotel Silence is a novel about the many faces of pain, the Icelandic title of the book, r , translating as scar Au ur Ava lafsd ttir sThe formulation of a scar is a natural part of the biological process, which occurs when a lesion to the skin or other body tissue grows after an accident, illness or surgery Since the body is unable to create an exact replica of the damaged tissue, the fresh tissue grows with a new texture and properties that differ from the undamaged skin around itHotel Silence is a novel about the many faces of pain, the Icelandic title of the book, r , translating as scar Au ur Ava lafsd ttir s protagonist J nas is 49 and has just gotten divorced Upon leaving him, his ex wife informed J nas that their 26 year old daughter Waterlily is not his biological child Further, he is forced to helplessly witness how his own mother s health is slowly deteriorating Heartbroken and unhappy about the state of his professional and personal life, J nas de...An easy, terrific read with a message for today s political and social climate A novel of renewal.Instead of putting an end to your existence, can t you just put an end to this you and become someone else J nas is our central character, an Icelandic man with depression who plans to end his life In order to spare his daughter from finding his body, he decides to travel to a faraway war torn country to do the act Hotel Silence is in this unnamed country, left in ruins from war, and run by a brother and sister, and her young son.The story is nothing unexpected, but still insightful and with Instead of putting an end to your existence, can t you just put an end to this you and become someone else J nas is our central character, an Icelandic man with depression who plans to end his life In order to spare his daughter from finding his body, he decides to travel to a ...

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  • Icelandic
  • 03 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 204 pages
  • Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
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