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Stormland
2005
First Published
3.52
Average Rating
448
Number of Pages

Et moderne epos om en islandsk Don Quixote i kamp mod forbrugssamfundets vindmøller. Stormland handler om den usympatiske, men også patetiske og ensomme romanhelt Bøddi. Han opfatter sig selv som en åndens mand og kan ikke holde ud at leve i det moderne underholdningssamfund. På sin blog kritiserer Böddi alt og alle og skaber sig derfor hele tiden flere fjender, og desuden mister han efterhånden alt: Sit job, sin elskede, sin mor, sit hjem og sine sidste håb for fremtiden. Til sidst slår det klik for ham, og med en pistol i lommen rider han som en anden Don Quixote sydpå til Reykjavik for at hævne sig på samfundet.

Avg Rating
3.52
Number of Ratings
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Author

Hallgrimur Helgason
Hallgrimur Helgason
Author · 8 books

Hallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic author, painter, translator, cartoonist and essayist. He has studied at the School of Visual Arts and Crafts in Reykjavík and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. His most famous works are 101 Reykjavík, which was made into a popular film, and Höfundur Íslands (Iceland's Author), which won the Icelandic Literary Prize in 2001. He was nominated for the prize again in 2005 for the novel Rokland (Stormland), along with the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for 101 Reykjavík and Rokland.

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