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Loading... The Draining Lake (2004)by Arnaldur Indridason
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. As most of the Erlendur novels, it’s a police procedural set in Iceland. This one starts with the discovery of a skeleton when a lake’s level drops. Nice back stories about Erlendur and his kids and new girlfriend. Eventually, they begin to look at individuals who went to college in E. Germany. A little espionage is part of the story. Interesting read. I enjoy this author quite a bit. ( ) "sular çekildiğinde", yazarın okuduğum ilk kitabı.ingilizceden tercüme edilmiş.keşke izlandacadan direkt çevirisini okuyabilseydik.karakterlerin, mekanların farklılığı hoşuma gitti. yazarın diğer kitaplarını da takibe aldım. dedektif erlendur serisinin 4 kitabı çevirilmiş, tamamının türkçeye kazandırılması dileğiyle... Ég hef ekki lesið margar bækur eftir Arnald Indriðason en þessi fangaði hug minn algerlega. Hún segir frá beinafundi í Kleifarvatni eftir að vatnsborðið þar lækkar óvænt í kjölfar jarðskjálfta. Í ljós kemur að maður hefur verið myrtur löngu áður og líkinu sökkt með því að binda við það rússneskan hlerunarbúnað. Sagan gerist síðan á tveimur samhliða tímarásum þar sem annars vegar segir frá rannsókn lögreglunnar og hins vegar segir frá endurminningum manns sem stundaði nám í gamla A.-Þýskalandi, í fyrstu sannfærður sósíalisti en verður síðan æ gagnrýnni á stjórnarfyrirkomulagið þar. Meginþema sögunnar er þó söknuður og sorg vegna tapaðra ástvina sem hrjáir flestar sögupersónurnar með einum eða öðrum hætti. Skemmtileg sakamálasaga með töluverðri persónulegri dýpt sem er nokkuð óvenjulegt í þeim geira.
Realistically told, emotionally charged, and brimming with compassion, The Draining Lake is likely to challenge the reader’s values system. For this reviewer, at least, Indridason’s latest English-translated novel is one of the highlights of 2007. Although it’s full of pathos, the book also makes clear just how strong the human spirit is, and reminds us that the flip-side of friendship is far from pleasant. It can sometimes be hard to distinguish comrade from foe -- a person can be both at the same time....I wait patiently for the next Arnaldur Indridason/Bernard Scudder collaboration to arrive in bookstores. This is crime fiction at its most insightful, poetic and poignant Indridason's novels are an undiluted pleasure....this series places Indridason at the centre of the best of contemporary crime fiction. He is a master storyteller, and has a real gift for evoking the complex humanity at the heart of the most dour-seeming individuals. Awards
When the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls following an earthquake to reveal a skeleton half-buried in its sandy bed, Inspector Erlendur, Elinborg, and Sigurdur Oli look into the long-unsolved disappearance of a young, left-wing student during the Cold War. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.6934Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Icelandic, Faroese literatures Modern West Scandinavian; Modern Icelandic Modern Icelandic fiction 1900-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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