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Diget
Hvert syvende år, i datidens Danmark, skulle der efter ældgammel tradition ofres en dreng til diget langs Vadehavet.
Spærret inde i digets mørke må Knud kæmpe mod sult, tørst, kulde og rædsel – for han opdager snart, at han ikke er alene. Noget venter i mørket.
Diget foregår i middelalderen i marsken omkring Ribe og skildrer kampen for overlevelse under de værst tænkelige forhold.
Spærret inde i digets mørke må Knud kæmpe mod sult, tørst, kulde og rædsel – for han opdager snart, at han ikke er alene. Noget venter i mørket.
Diget foregår i middelalderen i marsken omkring Ribe og skildrer kampen for overlevelse under de værst tænkelige forhold.
190 pages
First published January 1, 2010
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September 21, 2012
Fantastisk. Intet mindre. Krybende uhyggelig og gribende (man føler virkelig med den stakkels dreng). Og så er den velskrevet og -artikuleret som få romaner i dag. Og en imponerende balance mellem på den ene side at følge drengen og hans tanker og følelser og på den anden side at flette gamle danske sagn og myter ind. Hold da op.
Jeg kan ikke finde noget at kritisere. Læs den!
Jeg kan ikke finde noget at kritisere. Læs den!
July 24, 2021
Scary and the best written horror book I have read. The book is just so readable and hard to put away. IT creeps under your skin and stays.... there
June 7, 2016
This is a 2.5 review.
Every seventh year, according to an old tradition, a young boy had to be sacrificed to the dike by the Western coast of Denmark.
Trapped in the darkness of the dike, Knud has to fight against hunger, thirst, cold and fear - because he quickly discovers that he's not alone. Something is waiting for him in the darkness.
I'll admit it. I only read "Diget" ("The Dike") because I had to. It's not the type of book I'll usually pick up, but my publisher sent it to me for review, so pick it up I did. That said, it actually wasn't half bad. "Diget" was a mixture of Knud's experiences inside the dike, old legends and his experiences with the people of his village which worked surprisingly well. Until now I've only known Teddy Vork to write short stories, and "Diget" also mostly read like a collection of short stories, tied together by the red thread of Knud's imprisonment and attempts to get out. Generally it worked well, but there was a time or two where the connection was a bit too forced.
The end was very different from what I had expected, but actually worked a lot better than the ending I had envisioned.
Still, I think Teddy Vork is a better short story author than a novel author, and while good, "Diget" didn't quite live up to the expectations his short stories had caused me to have.
Every seventh year, according to an old tradition, a young boy had to be sacrificed to the dike by the Western coast of Denmark.
Trapped in the darkness of the dike, Knud has to fight against hunger, thirst, cold and fear - because he quickly discovers that he's not alone. Something is waiting for him in the darkness.
I'll admit it. I only read "Diget" ("The Dike") because I had to. It's not the type of book I'll usually pick up, but my publisher sent it to me for review, so pick it up I did. That said, it actually wasn't half bad. "Diget" was a mixture of Knud's experiences inside the dike, old legends and his experiences with the people of his village which worked surprisingly well. Until now I've only known Teddy Vork to write short stories, and "Diget" also mostly read like a collection of short stories, tied together by the red thread of Knud's imprisonment and attempts to get out. Generally it worked well, but there was a time or two where the connection was a bit too forced.
The end was very different from what I had expected, but actually worked a lot better than the ending I had envisioned.
Still, I think Teddy Vork is a better short story author than a novel author, and while good, "Diget" didn't quite live up to the expectations his short stories had caused me to have.
October 4, 2020
Først og fremmest skriver Teddy Vork rigtig godt. Sproget er levende, medrivende og man er med hovedpersonen i hvert øjeblik. Derudover er jeg vild med hele miljøet/setting’en af historien. Jeg har selv tilknytning til Vadehavet og Ribe, fordi jeg har brugt tid der som barn. Forfatteren har i den grad fanget essensen, stemningen og hvordan det kunne have været i gamle dage – det er en helt unik beskrivelse, og den fanger Teddy Vork rigtig godt.
Det er en spændende, nervepirrende og gysende læsning, som i den grad kan anbefales.
Det er en spændende, nervepirrende og gysende læsning, som i den grad kan anbefales.
August 28, 2012
Fantastisk horrorroman, der inkorporerer masser af gammel dansk myte. Enormt spændende og velskrevet. Eneste anke er, at der måske er taget en myte eller to for meget med, hvor relevansen er lidt svær at få øje på, f.eks. sagnet om Bjovulf.
Hovedindtrykket man sidder tilbage med, er dog at man har læst et dybt originalt og velresearchet stykke fiktion, der fint blander horror, fantasy, myte og historiske fakta ... En af de mest ambitiøse danske horrorromaner til dato.
Hovedindtrykket man sidder tilbage med, er dog at man har læst et dybt originalt og velresearchet stykke fiktion, der fint blander horror, fantasy, myte og historiske fakta ... En af de mest ambitiøse danske horrorromaner til dato.
February 25, 2014
Denne her kan anbefales til alle der elsker gamle gyselige eventyr. Den bygger på gamle danske/nordiske sagn og traditioner og foregår i starten af middelalderen.
Bogen handler om et dige ved Vesterhavet. Ifølge gammel tradition skal et barn ofres til diget hvert 7. år for at det holder havet ude. I historien følger vi Knud, der bliver udvalgt og levende begravet i diget, ofret til en unævnelig rædsel.
En barsk historie om overlevelse krydret med gamle sagn, eventyr og folkeviser.
Bogen handler om et dige ved Vesterhavet. Ifølge gammel tradition skal et barn ofres til diget hvert 7. år for at det holder havet ude. I historien følger vi Knud, der bliver udvalgt og levende begravet i diget, ofret til en unævnelig rædsel.
En barsk historie om overlevelse krydret med gamle sagn, eventyr og folkeviser.
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