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kdstutzman's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
hgbush's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bokforingenligtmonika's review against another edition
3.0
Den här boken om en isländsk by med 400 invånare innehåller allt, man kan säga att den lilla isolerade byn är ett universum i miniatyr. Här finns otrohet, gengångare, ensamhet, drömmar, avundsjuka och missunnsamhet, men framför allt finns det kärlek och vänskap. Läs mer på http://bokslut.blogspot.se/2012/06/sommarljus-och-sen-kommer-natten-av-jon.html
choebbi's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
anna_pauline's review against another edition
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
luciajane's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this book. There were so many atmospheric scenes and beautiful sentences in it. There were a few parts I liked less, but mostly it was just people and their lives, their stories. Oh and the ending…
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Quotes:
Maybe we should all have gone to the capital to learn Latin and get new eyes; then our village would likely have lifted off the ground and floated into the sky. But we didn’t go anywhere, of course, you know how it is; we were stuck fast in the magnetic field of habit. And it was habit, in fact, the soporific routine of everyday life, that accustomed us so surprisingly quickly to the new eyes, the wrinkled clothes, the changed behaviour. People are always changing, anyway, finding new hobbies, dyeing their hair, cheating on their spouses, dying, it’s hopeless trying to keep track of it all, and besides, we’re busy enough trying to understand the buzz in our own heads.
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We speak, we write, we tell about big things and small to try to understand, try to grasp something, even the essence itself, which is, however, constantly moving away, like a rainbow. Old stories say that man cannot behold the face of God, that doing so would destroy him; and without doubt, it’s the same for what we seek — the search itself is our purpose; the result will deprive us of it. And of course it’s the search that teaches us the words to use to describe the splendour of the stars, the silence of the fish, a smile and sadness, the end of the world and summer’s light. We do have a task, apart from kissing lips; do you know, by chance, how you say “I desire you” in Latin? And how you say it in Icelandic?
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…and the Astronomer said, calmly, but at the same time so enthusiastically that we recalled the glory days of the Knitting Company: Immense is the expanse of the sky; it encompasses our beginning and our end. His voice was soft and dusky, like a velvet dress.
And that’s how it began.
Once a month for ten years or so, the Astronomer was sure to be found standing behind the podium on the stage of the Community Centre. Nine years, that’s how time flies, we wake sometimes to the melancholy call of the oystercatcher in the stillness of the morning, look outside and see that there’s frost in the sky.
But despite that October evening nine years ago encompassing the expanse of the universe and a dusky velvet dress, the audience shrank rapidly in numbers as the winter went on, by spring it would have been newsworthy if ten people showed up to listen to the ticking of the universal clock in the Astronomer’s talks, and it has stayed that way.
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It’s been nearly ten years since Hannes was lowered into the darkness of the earth, ten years is not a long time, it’s one thought, a reaction, yet the world can make a giant leap in less time, the climate can change, new species of birds can settle in a certain country, an empire can come to an end. Yes, the world can be shaken, while we sit at the kitchen table.
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Quotes:
Maybe we should all have gone to the capital to learn Latin and get new eyes; then our village would likely have lifted off the ground and floated into the sky. But we didn’t go anywhere, of course, you know how it is; we were stuck fast in the magnetic field of habit. And it was habit, in fact, the soporific routine of everyday life, that accustomed us so surprisingly quickly to the new eyes, the wrinkled clothes, the changed behaviour. People are always changing, anyway, finding new hobbies, dyeing their hair, cheating on their spouses, dying, it’s hopeless trying to keep track of it all, and besides, we’re busy enough trying to understand the buzz in our own heads.
———
We speak, we write, we tell about big things and small to try to understand, try to grasp something, even the essence itself, which is, however, constantly moving away, like a rainbow. Old stories say that man cannot behold the face of God, that doing so would destroy him; and without doubt, it’s the same for what we seek — the search itself is our purpose; the result will deprive us of it. And of course it’s the search that teaches us the words to use to describe the splendour of the stars, the silence of the fish, a smile and sadness, the end of the world and summer’s light. We do have a task, apart from kissing lips; do you know, by chance, how you say “I desire you” in Latin? And how you say it in Icelandic?
———
…and the Astronomer said, calmly, but at the same time so enthusiastically that we recalled the glory days of the Knitting Company: Immense is the expanse of the sky; it encompasses our beginning and our end. His voice was soft and dusky, like a velvet dress.
And that’s how it began.
Once a month for ten years or so, the Astronomer was sure to be found standing behind the podium on the stage of the Community Centre. Nine years, that’s how time flies, we wake sometimes to the melancholy call of the oystercatcher in the stillness of the morning, look outside and see that there’s frost in the sky.
But despite that October evening nine years ago encompassing the expanse of the universe and a dusky velvet dress, the audience shrank rapidly in numbers as the winter went on, by spring it would have been newsworthy if ten people showed up to listen to the ticking of the universal clock in the Astronomer’s talks, and it has stayed that way.
———
It’s been nearly ten years since Hannes was lowered into the darkness of the earth, ten years is not a long time, it’s one thought, a reaction, yet the world can make a giant leap in less time, the climate can change, new species of birds can settle in a certain country, an empire can come to an end. Yes, the world can be shaken, while we sit at the kitchen table.
abrozas's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
tundilla's review against another edition
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0