Laterna Magica - Softcover

Heinesen, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0940242230 ISBN 13: 9780940242234

Publisher: Fjord Pr, 1987

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English, Danish (translation)

From Publishers Weekly:

Heinesen, 86, is a renowned Danish poet and novelist, and this volume, the first in Fjord's European Short Stories series, consists of fictional reminiscences about his childhood in Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Heinesen's themes and characters seem rooted in that rocky, cold, island nation: for example, "Master Jakob and Miss Urd" is the tale of an old bachelor who plays the violin, gathers oral histories that few people care about and finds a "source of comfort" in Miss Urd, a lame, unmarried minister's daughter in her 50s, who "carries a certain secret jewel deep in her soul, a dimly glowing topaz, only visible on rare occasions, but which then discloses an exuberant radiating power." "The Lucky Stone" tells of a deadly struggle between neighbors over a 400-lb. meteorite "that strong men of the past tested their strength against by trying to lift it." Heinesen weaves elegant tales of simple people that are heartwarming but unsentimental.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Fjord Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0940242230
• ISBN 13: 9780940242234
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159