The Creator
(Sprache: Englisch)
When Loa's car gets a puncture out in the countryside, the man who lives nearest proves recalcitrantly helpful. She ends up falling asleep in his armchair and wakes to intense guilt at neglecting her daughter back in Reykjavik, followed by shock at what she...
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When Loa's car gets a puncture out in the countryside, the man who lives nearest proves recalcitrantly helpful. She ends up falling asleep in his armchair and wakes to intense guilt at neglecting her daughter back in Reykjavik, followed by shock at what she finds in her helper's back room - half-finished, life-size silicone women hanging from hooks. Sveinn, her host, is a craftsman; he makes sex dolls. In his workshop Loa is overcome with a surprising reverence, and acting on a mad notion of salvation, she steals one of the dolls for her troubled daughter Margret. For the first time ever, Loa finds she is a thief. And worse, when her friends and family greet her plans with incredulity, she finds that there is another more awful theft, beyond her expectations and her understanding. Bereft and adrift, how can Loa save her daughter from herself and what can she learn from Sveinn's loneliness? Two people who fear responsibility putting themselves in harm's way, Sveinn and Loa dance afascinating dance in this striking novel from Iceland's most celebrated young novelist.
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A provocative and cinematic tale of isolation, friendship, the uses of sex and art of finding salvation in unexpected places. Translated from the Icelandic by Sarah Bowen. Now in paperback.
Autoren-Porträt von Gudrún Eva Mínervudóttir
Die preisgekrönte Autorin Gudrún Eva Mínervudóttir, geboren 1976, studierte in Reykjavík Philosophie, wo sie bis heute noch lebt.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Gudrún Eva Mínervudóttir
- 2013, 288 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Sarah Bowen
- Verlag: Portobello
- ISBN-10: 1846272521
- ISBN-13: 9781846272523
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „The Creator “
A strange compelling experiment... a clever, amusing novel that plays with ideas about the boundary between the real and the artificial and the begs profound questions about loneliness and the human condition. - **** "Metro" An affecting exploration of loneliness and detachment - "Financial Times"
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