An poetic, heart-rending saga by Iceland's foremost contemporary writer.
Ráj a peklo Séria
Táto séria sa ponára do surovej reality života na odľahlom islandskom pobreží, kde ľudia čelia neúprosnej sile prírody. V popredí stojí boj o prežitie v drsnom prostredí, kde každodenná realita často pripomína skôr peklo. Napriek tomu sa v medziľudských vzťahoch a momentoch obyčajného života prebleskujú záblesky nádeje a krásy. Príbehy skúmajú hlboké otázky ľudskej existencie, viery a odolnosti tvárou v tvár nevyhnutnosti.
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The winter nights are dark and still, you can almost hear the fish breathe on the sea bed. Snow is falling so heavily that it binds heaven and earth together. As the villagers gather in the inn to drink schnapps and coffee while the boy reads to them from 'Hamlet', Jens the postman stumbles in half dead, having almost frozen solid on his horse. On his next journey across the wide open fjord and the icy landscape beyond he is accompanied by the boy. Both will risk their lives for each other, and for an unusual delivery.
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After coming through the blizzard that almost cost them everything, Jens and the boy are far from home, in a fishing community at the edge of the world. Taken in by the village doctor, the boy once again has the sense of being brought back from the grave. But this is a strange place, with otherworldly inhabitants, including flame-haired lfhei ur, who makes him wonder whether it is possible to love two women at once; he had believed his heart was lost to Ragnhei ur, the daughter of the wealthy merchant in the village to which he must now inexorably return. Set in the awe-inspiring wilderness of the extreme north, The Heart of Man is a profound exploration of life, love and desire, written with a sublime simplicity. In this conclusion to an audacious trilogy, Stefansson brings a poet's eye and a philosopher's insight to a tale worthy of the sagasmiths of old
