Angels of the Universe (Shad Thames books)
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 189919715X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-17 |
| Language | : | Icelandic |
DESCRIPTION:
"A Fine Madness!" according to Stephen Swartz. I had to read this as a library book in Kansas because I have not been able to find it in English anywhere--not even an Icelandic version when I visited Iceland.The story is schizophrenic in itself yet gives you a wonderful (i.e., thorough, emotional) impression of life in Iceland. The main character struggles through his increasing madness, as the other reviews explain in detail. It's just a great read.I understand the Iceland film commission is making it into a movie, but I wonder if it will make it to Kansas. It should be in paperback and on bookshelves in all . "The Madhouse Is In A Lot Of Places" according to EriKa. In its own surreal, non-linear way this book tackles larger questions than cannot be answered: what is reality? Who determines what it is? More telling, who determines when you have stumbled outside the boundaries of reality and accepted norms?Angels of the Universe tells a heartbreaking (to echo another reviewer's sentiments) story of Paul, an Icelandic man who slowly loses his footing in reality while giving the reader a glimpse into Icelandic life.The tale is tragic, following Paul's slow descent further and further into himself. Nevertheless the book also illu. "GREAT -- BUT CHILLING -- PORTRAIT OF INSANITY" according to Larry L. Looney. Einar Mar Gudmundsson's short but rich novel is dark, but it is not without humor -- and that's a good thing, since it's an 'inside' look at a young man slowly losing his grip on reality. He experiences paranoia and hallucinations, experiments with drugs, and is suffering from severe depression. He has his lighter moments -- in fact, he's an intelligent and lucid person much of the time -- but the weight of his madness slowly drags him further and further down.The humor in the book comes in the form of some of his friends -- fellow-inmates at the Klepp Psychiatric
Paul exposes the darkness and even the flashes of light associated with his descent into schizophrenia while describing his maturation from a young child through adolescence and young manhood in Reykjavik, Iceland. His stays at the state psychiatric hospital are punctuated with various attempts at a "normal life." In Klepp, he meets such interesting figures as Oli Beatle, who believes he wrote music for the Beatles; while he is "out," he stays with a farmer who fires at a ship from the shore because it might be a Russian warship. This slim volume is not an easy read, but it is an evocation of the place, the time, and especially the disease, and is well worth consideration.?Susan H. He was an intelligent boy, consequently placed "above his station" in a state school system, but thoroughly at home with his friends on t
Set against the bleak landscape of Iceland, a story of madness unfolds as Paul describes growing up in a working-class family and his frequent retreat into his own fantasy world, which eventually leads him to Klepp, a psychiatric hospital.