Reykjavik trilogien

by Einar Már Guðmundsson, Erik Skyum-Nielsen (Translator)

Samlet udgave af RIDDERNE AF DEN RUNDE TRAPPE, VINGESLAG I TAGRENDEN og REGNDRÅBERNES EPILOG.
Einar Már Guðmundsson brød igennem med de tre romaner, som tilsammen udgør Reykjavik-trilogien. Med en blanding af barok humor og poetisk realisme fortæller Einar Már Guðmundsson tre forunderlige og dramatiske historier, der tager udgangspunkt i en gruppe drenges opvækst i et af Reykjaviks betonkvarterer i 50´erne og 60´erne.

558 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Einar Már Guðmundsson received a B.A. in Comparative Literature and History from the University of Iceland in 1979, after which he moved to Copenhagen to do graduate work in Comparative Literature at the University of Copenhagen.

Einar's first book, the collection of poetry Er nokkur í kórónafötum hér inni? (Is Anyone Here Wearing the Korona Line?), appeared in 1980. In 1985 he received first prize in a literary competition held by Almenna Bókafélagið, Book Publishers and Book Club, for the novel Riddarar Hringstigans (The Knights of the Spiral Staircase). His books have been translated into several languages and the widely acclaimed novel Englar alheimsins (Angels of the Universe) received the Nordic Council's Literary Award in 1995. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's movie which is based on the book premiered in Reykjavík on New Year's day in the year 2000.
Einar is currently living in Reykjavík. He is married and has five children.

Reviews

[Guðjón Bragason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Það er mjög langt síðan ég las fyrstu tvær bækurnar, Riddara hringstigans og Vængjaslátt í þakrennunum. Þá þriðju, Eftirmála regndropanna hafði ég ekki lesið fyrr. Hún er ansi ólík og skuggalegri, í raun draugasaga sem gerist í heimi fullorðinna íbúa hverfisins. Vel stíluð saga en náði mér samt aldrei alveg á mitt band. Riddarar hringstigans var líka betri í minningunni. Held að 3,5 sé sanngjörn einkunn en eflaust eru margir mér ósammála.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a translated version in Danish, the original language of the book is Icelandish.

Ejner Mar Gudmundsson is a rather young auther from Iceland. Though he is not well known in the rest of the world, he is famous in Scandinavia, has recieved the most honourable literature prize in Scandinavia (Nordisk Raads Literaturpris, 1995). His works are translated to many languages in the area, also to German and some other languages, but I couldn’t find very many of them in English. One can observ Gudmundsson’s Reykjavik quite unique, as much as Roshdie’s Bombay.

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