The Sorrow of Angels - format ePub

Tutto comincia con l’amore, questa «esplosione solare che ti distrugge la vita e rende abitabili i deserti», ma che con il tempo può raffreddarsi diventando un banale martedì. È allora che Ari, poeta...

È l’Islanda, dove le forze primordiali della natura rendono i destini immutabili nel tempo, il luogo di questo racconto di gente di mare persa nell’asprezza dei giorni e delle notti, di un Ragazzo segnato...

«Le persone possono trasformarsi in una lacrima o in un pugno – a volte la differenza tra le due cose è molto sottile» e racchiude la storia di un’intera famiglia. Dopo aver mandato all’aria il suo matrimonio,...

“A volte nei posti piccoli la vita diventa più grande”, a volte la lontananza dal rumore del mondo ci apre al richiamo del cuore, dei sensi, dei sogni. È questo intenso sentire a erompere dalla vita di...

Una conchiglia e un sasso, ricordi di famiglia che fanno riemergere dal passato due grandi storie d’amore e di vita: quella burrascosa e irrequieta del bisnonno, uomo dalle mille risorse e mille debolezze,...

«Ho difficoltà a immaginarmi a scrivere narrativa. La forma poetica è la più adatta a me.» Così rispose Jón Kalman Stefánsson, al tempo dei suoi esordi da poeta, a chi gli chiedeva se avesse considerato...

It is three weeks since the boy came to town, carrying a book of poetry to return to the old sea captain - the poetry that did for his friend Bárður. Three weeks, but already Bárður's ghost has faded....

A modern saga spanning the whole of the 20th century, by one of Iceland's most celebrated writers.At the beginning of this story there is death, and yet it is a celebration of life - the passion between...

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...

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È la tristezza degli angeli la neve che cade dal cielo illuminando i lunghi inverni d'Islanda, e che le raffiche dei venti trasformano in accecanti bufere. Il postino Jens è scampato a stento alla loro...

«Mentre bevo un caffè caldo, nero, / rovesci di ghiaccio sferzano la finestra, / un gattino di sei mesi sonnecchia mordendo / la mano di chi scrive queste righe, / e una cagna di nove anni dorme, / acciambellata...

È estate in un parco di Londra, quando a uno scrittore islandese di passaggio sembra di vedere nientemeno che Paul McCartney, seduto sotto un albero. Deve avvicinarlo, ma cosa dirgli? Come riordinare...

"L'uomo è nato per amare, ecco quant'è semplice il fondamento dell'esistenza. Per questo il cuore batte, questa strana bussola, grazie a lui ci orientiamo tra le nebbie più fitte, a causa sua ci smarriamo...

«Ho difficoltà a immaginarmi a scrivere narrativa. La forma poetica è la più adatta a me.» Così rispose Jón Kalman Stefánsson, al tempo dei suoi esordi da poeta, a chi gli chiedeva se avesse considerato...

Un homme se retrouve dans une église, quelque part dans les fjords de l’ouest, sans savoir comment il est arrivé là, ni pourquoi. C’est comme s’il avait perdu tous ses repères. Quand il découvre l’inscription...

Dans un petit village des fjords de l’ouest, les étés sont courts. Les habitants se croisent au bureau de poste, à la coopérative agricole, lors des bals. Chacun essaie de bien vivre, certains essaient...

Reykjavik, au début des années 50. Sigvaldi et Helga décident de nommer leur deuxième fille Ásta, d’après une grande héroïne de la littérature islandaise. Un prénom signifiant – à une lettre près – amour...

'Où s’achèvent les rêves, où commence le réel? Les rêves proviennent de l’intérieur, ils arrivent, goutte à goutte, filtrés, depuis l'univers que chacun de nous porte en lui, sans doute déformés, mais...

"Était-ce ce qu’il venait de vivre en mer, était-ce pour cette raison qu’il ne voyait vraiment Margrét que maintenant ? Il peinait tant à détacher d’elle son regard qu’il s’était entaillé la main gauche...

Certains mots sont probablement aptes à changer le monde, ils ont le pouvoir de nous consoler et de sécher nos larmes. Certains mots sont des balles de fusil, d’autres des notes de violon. Certains sont...

'Maintenant, il ferait bon dormir jusqu’à ce que les rêves deviennent un ciel, un ciel calme et sans vent où quelques plumes d’ange virevoltent doucement, où il n’y a rien que la félicité de celui qui...

"Et maintenant, il est trop tard, répond Ari, pétri de remords. Anna esquisse un sourire, elle lui caresse à nouveau la main et lui dit, quelle sottise, il n’est jamais trop tard tant qu’on est en vie....

"Et maintenant, il est trop tard, répond Ari, pétri de remords. Anna esquisse un sourire, elle lui caresse à nouveau la main et lui dit, quelle sottise, il n’est jamais trop tard tant qu’on est en vie....

Un écrivain qui ressemble beaucoup à Jón Kalman Stefánsson aperçoit Paul McCartney dans un parc londonien, en août 2022. L’ancien Beatles est le héros de sa jeunesse, et le narrateur rêve de lui parler....

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017Keflavik: a town that may be the darkest place in Iceland, surrounded by black lava fields, hemmed in by a sea that may not be fished, and site of...

Islanda, Fiordi occidentali, un uomo si ritrova nella chiesetta di un villaggio sperduto senza sapere come ci è arrivato né perché. Una lapide nel piccolo cimitero lo colpisce: «La tua assenza è tenebra.»...

Reykjavík, primi anni Cinquanta. In un piccolo appartamento seminterrato Sigvaldi e Helga toccano il cielo con un dito abbandonandosi alla loro giovane e travolgente passione e decidono di chiamare la...

“L’uomo è nato per amare, ecco quant’è semplice il fondamento dell’esistenza. Per questo il cuore batte, questa strana bussola, grazie a lui ci orientiamo tra le nebbie più fitte, a causa sua ci smarriamo...

È la tristezza degli angeli la neve che cade dal cielo illuminando i lunghi inverni d’Islanda, e che le raffiche dei venti trasformano in accecanti bufere. Il postino Jens è scampato a stento alla loro...

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