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Loading... Under the Sun (Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Literature)by Hanne Marie Svendsen
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Set in a small fishing community in Denmark, the life story of a lighthouse keeper's daughter follows her through many important cultural changes. No library descriptions found. |
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Under the Sun mixes dream narratives, fairy tale language and bouts of madness to create an unreal, hallucinatory feeling. All of these are presented as being as real as 'reality' (or perhaps as unreal as 'reality'). Other strong themes include the maleability of time, with events that are seperated by years being discussed simultaneously, and the failure of our language to accomodate this dream-like reality. It is an ambitious, post-modern novel that, most of the time, succeeds in challenging the reader to inhabit this new world. It never loses its emotional power, despite addressing some weighty intellectual issues. This is probably my read of the year to date.