Bo Carpelan
Hardcover | Pages: 189 pages Rating: 3.07 | 56 Users | 5 Reviews
Present Books As Urwind
| Original Title: | Urwind |
| ISBN: | 0810116189 (ISBN13: 9780810116184) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Finlandia Prize (1993), Varjo-Finlandia (1993) |
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In Urwind, on the face of it a simple tale of a Helsinki antiquarian bookseller whose wife has abandoned him, there is a complex layering of experience, past and present. The telling is more a matter of inner than outer events - intimate, rapt. In the "ur-vind", or primordial attic, are stored not only relics from the story-teller's past, but also memories of the neighbours, friends and relations who inhabited the apartment house in which he was brought up. The "ur-vind" is also the cosmic wind, blowing from beyond the reassuring walls of houses and apartments. And it is the story-teller's name Daniel Urwind, in whom is focused a wealth of literary and artistic allusions and antecedents that include the Merz-Bau of Kurt Schwitters, the paintings of Cezanne and the fiction of Kafka.Details Epithetical Books Urwind
| Title | : | Urwind |
| Author | : | Bo Carpelan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 189 pages |
| Published | : | December 9th 1998 by Northwestern University Press (first published 1993) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. Finnish Literature. Novels |
Rating Epithetical Books Urwind
Ratings: 3.07 From 56 Users | 5 ReviewsJudge Epithetical Books Urwind
Ihan kivaa kuvailua, joka ei oikeasti johda mihinkään. Kyllästyttävää ja päätäsärkevää. Ehkä pitäisi olla suomenruotsalainen ja / tai yli 50-vuotias ymmärtääkseen.EN: Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan was a Finnish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his Ph.D. in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories. He is the only person as of yet to have received the Finlandia Prize twice. His poem, Winter was Hard, was set to music by composer Aulis
Ohhoh ja hohhoijaa. Ei pystynyt.
Finlandia winner 1993. I'm on a project to read every Finlandia winner book. A few ones missing!
I think Im supposed to like this book, but I didnt enjoy it at all. Its the kind of book that wins obscure literary awards, either although or because it doesnt follow many of the conventions of standard novel writing. There doesnt appear to be any plot, as the narrator, second-hand bookshop owner Daniel Urwind, takes a stream-of-consciousness style in long, unwieldy sentences of complex grammar overflowing with superfluous adjectives assembled into lengthy paragraphs that frequently cover a
Kesken jäi. En vaan jaksanut seurata huuruisia unenomaisia kuvailuja, vaikka siellä ihan hienoa ja oivaltavaa kielenkäyttöäkin oli.
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