Old Man and His Sons - Couverture rigide

Bru, Heoin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0839784120 ISBN 13 : 9780839784128

Editeur : Paul S. Eriksson, 1970

Synopsis

Book by Hein Br

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

These are the Faroe Islands as they were some fifty years ago: sea-washed and remote, with one generation still tied to the ocean for sustenance, and a younger generation turning towards commerce and clerical work in the towns. Following the blood, foam and fury of a whale kill, the normally cautious Ketil finds himself caught up in the frenzy of post celebrations, enthusiastically bidding for more meat than he can afford. Thus in his seventieth year, Ketil and his wife, along with their youngest son, struggle to repay their debt. Forced to accept the brutal reality of their precarious existence, they scavenge for driftwood and stranded seals.

Revue de presse :

... a brilliantly observed social comedy. At the heart of Brú s fable is a clash of two ways of living: the centuries-old subsistence economy of fulmar-hunting and stewed whale liver and the modern world of the telephone and the motorboat. While our sympathies lie with Ketil, the book never spares us the awfulness of his existence or his foolishness. The Faroese voted this their book of the 20th century; by any nation s standards it s a classic. --Adrian Turpin, Financial Times 8th July, 2011

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Paul S. Eriksson
• Date d'édition: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0839784120
• ISBN 13: 9780839784128
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 203