Sigrún Pálsdottír
Teoksen History. A Mess. tekijä
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Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 7
- Jäseniä
- 81
- Suosituimmuussija
- #222,754
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.5
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 4
- ISBN:t
- 7
- Kielet
- 1
The narrative moves back and forth in time in a way that seems designed to make readers feel a bit wrong-footed, but that doesn't make the act of reading unreasonably difficult. Aside from the central character, readers only see other characters partially: there's no attempt to present them in any way beyond their relevance in Sigurlina's life.
In some ways this book is almost as much prose-poem as novel. The language is beautiful, but hazy at times in that way that works for poetry. The author balances Sigurlina's lack of options and frustrations with a kind of gentleness. Readers meet a woman living in a very narrow world, but there is an expansive gentleness that surfaces regularly.
When you're looking for a book that's both thought-provoking and charming, that asks more and gives more than your typical mass-market book, Embroidery will serve your purposes nicely.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via Edelweiss the opinions are my own.… (lisätietoja)