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Far Afield (Vintage Contemporaries Original) (Paperback)

by Susanna Kaysen (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books; Vintage Contemporaries ed edition (1 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679753761
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679753766
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.2 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 978,151 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Brilliant . . . a novel distinguished for [its] intelligence, psychological insight, and splendid writing." --"The Atlantic"
"Enthralling . . . at times supernaturally beautiful. A gritty, intellectual, emotionally complex and astute account of an outsider succumbing to the hidden charms of a remote and peculiar island community." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer"
"Kaysen softly moves the story forward, chronicling personal change with deft touches of insight and with detail of island life so rich that it seems she had spent a year there herself." --"Chicago Sun-Times"
"Witty, intelligent. . . . An inspired novel about the human condition and the nature of civilization. One of the best novels . . . in some time." --"Boston Magazine"


Synopsis

Jonathan Brand visits a group of Scandinavian islands in order to do his anthropology fieldwork, but in adjusting to the local culture, he finds himself caught up in the supposedly simple way of life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars dive in, chill out, enjoy, 14 Jul 2000
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This is one of the most tender, funny, human novels that I can remember. Kaysen's huge affection for her characters, with all their vantities, foibles and eccentricities, fills the book with a gentle delight in human nature while subtly dissecting it for our benefit. This is the book that Jonathan, our anthropologist hero, could never write: a superb work of sociology, an achingly elusive romance, and funnier than you ever expected.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very humorous and surprisingly deep insight, 31 Jan 1997
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The jacket blurbs promise a humorous look at Jonathan's year-long anthropological research visit to the Faroe Islands. Indeed, the reader will often laugh out loud! Especially when Jonathan finds himself the subject of study, instead of the examiner. What is unexpected are Kaysen's lucent and moving explorations of Jonathan's mental and emotional states-- the pain of self realization and of growing up; the discombobulation of being thrust into a new world. The writing skillfully weaves very down-to-earth narrative with more spiritual musings. Unforgettable is Kaysen's stunning description of the Aurora Borealis, as well as the visceral emotion of the whalehunt.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Northern Exposure meets the Faroe Islands, 3 Jul 1997
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Jonathan sets forth from academia to apply his anthropological skills to the folks ways of the Faroe Islands. What ensues can best be described by the phrase "a duck out of water". Jonathan, who from the heights of his greater learning expects to note and judge "folk" behavior, survives his time in the field only because the good folks of the Islands take pity on him and take care of him - a fact to which he remains oblivious to the day he leaves. The writer approaches her subject with great wit and underlying compassion. When my book group read this book, it received a widely varied reaction. A year later, they still talk of this book and those who initially did not care for it find themselves more and more under it's spell. What is talked about a year later? The food (puffins and other delicacies). Fresh meat and sheep in the kitchen. The horrors of "stirring". A growing taste for Aqua Vit. The Danish girl. Definitely a book to read. You will never ever forget the Faroe Islands.
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