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Alastair Mabbott, The Herald
Based loosely on real events, it blossoms in Heinesen's hands into
a major work.
a major work.
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This work is the new translation of William Heinesen's
masterpiece - one of the most important Scandinavians novels of the 20th
Century and an epic struggle between good and evil. Although set on a small
island the book is full of larger than life characters, like the formidable
bank manager Ankersen, the scurrilous Matte Gok, the enormous blacksmith
Janniksen and the amateur musicians. Heinesen succeeds in making the
everyday world of Torshavn at the beginning of the 20th Century read like
the setting of a Greek tragedy.
masterpiece - one of the most important Scandinavians novels of the 20th
Century and an epic struggle between good and evil. Although set on a small
island the book is full of larger than life characters, like the formidable
bank manager Ankersen, the scurrilous Matte Gok, the enormous blacksmith
Janniksen and the amateur musicians. Heinesen succeeds in making the
everyday world of Torshavn at the beginning of the 20th Century read like
the setting of a Greek tragedy.
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William Heinesen's Masterpiece?,
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This review is from: The Lost Musicians (Dedalus Europe) (Paperback)
The amateur musicians are lost and the plot is not far behind. This is a rambling inconsequential wander round the pubs and streets of a town I wouldn't much want to visit. The musicians and others are killed off one by one and I was left unmoved. The subject could have been so much more cheerfully treated by, say, Dylan Thomas.
This was listed as one of the most important Scandinavian novels of the 20th century - was rather a lot lost in translation?
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Lost, but not forgotten,
By J. Arbuckle - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lost Musicians (Dedalus Europe) (Paperback)
Relatively speaking, William Heinesen is not known in this country, but he is one of the truly great Scandinavian novelist of the 20th Century. His novel, The Lost Musicians, takes place in the tiny island country of the Faroes at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a microcosm of the world, the stuggle to survive poverty, the struggle against the tyranny of religion and the struggle to produce music and art. It is about the relationships that foster deep feelings and deeper love. All of this is told with humor and satiric understanding of what it is to be human. A quietly great novel by a great author. Translated from the original Danish.
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