The Old Man and His Sons
A Scandinavian Literature, Classics, European Literature book. My review for Translation Thursday: THE OLD MAN AND HIS...
These are the Faroe Islands as they were some fifty years ago: sea-washed and remote, with one generation still tied to the sea for sustenance, and a younger generation turning toward commerce and clerical work in the towns.At the post-hunt whale-meat auction, Ketil enthusiastically bids for more meat than he can afford. Thus when Ketil is seventy, he and his wife struggle to repay their debt.Heðin Brú (1901–1987), novelist and translator, was considered the most important Faroese writer of his generation and is known for his fresh and ironic style.
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- Pages: 166 pages
- ISBN: 9781846590733 / 1846590736
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this is an excellent witty novel exploring the tension between tradition and modern ways of life in pre-war Faroes. It is the engaging tale of the old man Ketil struggling to make the money to pay for an excessive amount of whale meat bought whilst drunk.Exah of the ten chapters focuses on a different piece of Faroese life with its... My review for Translation Thursday: THE OLD MAN AND HIS SONS by Hein Br (good luck pronouncing that one!) translated from Faroese (no really, it's a language).I'll leave the whole review on my blog http://tinyurl.com/jjxwkvk for a week or so. I came across this book because I really want to go to the Faroe Islands and, as a result, I started looking for Faroese literature. This is an interesting little story about different generations, village mentality and the struggle to find enough money to pay off debts - he bites off more whale meat than he can chew/afford. I feel...
