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The Stones Speak is Thórbergur Thórdarson's elegiac portrayal of his childhood and youth on the farm of Hali in Suðursveit, an isolated rural area of southeastern Iceland, in the late 19th century. It reveals his reverence for the beauty of the Suðursveit countryside and his enduring love of his family and neighbours and their language, history, and culture. It is a sometimes witty and funny, sometimes wry and sad, sometimes contemplative and mystical, but always affectionate portrait of a time, a place and a people, all of which have long since passed away. The Stones Speak is not only an enchanting work of art, but also a vitally important witness to the way of life on an Icelandic turf farmstead in the 1890s.
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The Stone Speak, Þórbergur Þórðarson
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- Année de publication
- 2012
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- Titre
- The Stone Speak
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Þórbergur Þórðarson
- Éditeur
- Mál og menning
- Publié
- 2012
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 9979332867
- ISBN13
- 9789979332862
- Mots clés
- Histoires vraies, Biographies, Autobiographies et mémoires, Journalisme littéraire, Souvenirs, Littérature nordique, Romans autobiographiques, Islande, Littérature islandaise
- Première publication
- 1956
- Titre original
- Steinarnir tala
- Évaluation
- 4,35 sur 5
- Description
- The Stones Speak is Thórbergur Thórdarson's elegiac portrayal of his childhood and youth on the farm of Hali in Suðursveit, an isolated rural area of southeastern Iceland, in the late 19th century. It reveals his reverence for the beauty of the Suðursveit countryside and his enduring love of his family and neighbours and their language, history, and culture. It is a sometimes witty and funny, sometimes wry and sad, sometimes contemplative and mystical, but always affectionate portrait of a time, a place and a people, all of which have long since passed away. The Stones Speak is not only an enchanting work of art, but also a vitally important witness to the way of life on an Icelandic turf farmstead in the 1890s.