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Title: Fish Have No Feet
Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Philip Roughton - translator
Narrator: Saul Reichlin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-25-16
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Keflavik: a town that has been called the darkest place in Iceland, surrounded by black lava fields, hemmed in by a sea that may not be fished. Its livelihood depends entirely on a US military base, a conduit for American influences that shaped Icelandic culture and ethics from the 1950s to the dawning of the new millennium.
It is to Keflavik that Ari - a writer and publisher - returns from Copenhagen at the behest of his dying father, two years after walking out on his wife and children. He is beset by memories of his youth, spent (or misspent) listening to Pink Floyd and the Beatles, fraternising with American servicemen - who are regarded by the locals with a mixture of admiration and contempt - and discovering girls. There is one girl in particular he could never forget. Her fate has stayed with him all his life.
Lost in grief and nostalgia, he is also caught up in the story of how his grandparents fell in love in Nordfjordur on the eastern coast, a fishing village a world away from modern Keflavik, at a time when the old ways still held sway. Their tragic love affair unfolded against the backdrop of Iceland's harsh nature and unforgiving elements.
Fish Have No Feet is at once the story of a singular family and an epic of Icelandic history and culture. It offers a unique insight into modern Iceland and the ways in which it has been shaped by outside influences. A sparkling novel of love, pain, loss and lifelong desire that marries the poetic, elemental style of Heaven and Hell, The Sorrow of Angels and The Heart of Man to a modern frame of reference and sensibility.
Members Reviews:
Why do we have such a hard time being happy and loving one another
A thoughtful meditation on life that resonates wherever you stand on the planet. You can almost feel the Icelandic chill, but it is a chill that we all feel as human beings struggling through our lives. Why do we have such a hard time being happy and loving one another? Poetic prose that is comforting in its willingness to stare our faults straight in the face. P.S. I bought the physical book in Paris at Shakespeare & Company and it cost 24 Euros, well worth it regardless.
Sheer bliss
A book for everybody who likes good stories and poetry, a novel crammed with reflection and everyday life. And a history of Iceland these last hundred years.
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Title: Fish Have No Feet
Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Philip Roughton - translator
Narrator: Saul Reichlin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-25-16
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Keflavik: a town that has been called the darkest place in Iceland, surrounded by black lava fields, hemmed in by a sea that may not be fished. Its livelihood depends entirely on a US military base, a conduit for American influences that shaped Icelandic culture and ethics from the 1950s to the dawning of the new millennium.
It is to Keflavik that Ari - a writer and publisher - returns from Copenhagen at the behest of his dying father, two years after walking out on his wife and children. He is beset by memories of his youth, spent (or misspent) listening to Pink Floyd and the Beatles, fraternising with American servicemen - who are regarded by the locals with a mixture of admiration and contempt - and discovering girls. There is one girl in particular he could never forget. Her fate has stayed with him all his life.
Lost in grief and nostalgia, he is also caught up in the story of how his grandparents fell in love in Nordfjordur on the eastern coast, a fishing village a world away from modern Keflavik, at a time when the old ways still held sway. Their tragic love affair unfolded against the backdrop of Iceland's harsh nature and unforgiving elements.
Fish Have No Feet is at once the story of a singular family and an epic of Icelandic history and culture. It offers a unique insight into modern Iceland and the ways in which it has been shaped by outside influences. A sparkling novel of love, pain, loss and lifelong desire that marries the poetic, elemental style of Heaven and Hell, The Sorrow of Angels and The Heart of Man to a modern frame of reference and sensibility.
Members Reviews:
Why do we have such a hard time being happy and loving one another
A thoughtful meditation on life that resonates wherever you stand on the planet. You can almost feel the Icelandic chill, but it is a chill that we all feel as human beings struggling through our lives. Why do we have such a hard time being happy and loving one another? Poetic prose that is comforting in its willingness to stare our faults straight in the face. P.S. I bought the physical book in Paris at Shakespeare & Company and it cost 24 Euros, well worth it regardless.
Sheer bliss
A book for everybody who likes good stories and poetry, a novel crammed with reflection and everyday life. And a history of Iceland these last hundred years.