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Cargando... Embroidery (2019)por Sigrún Pálsdóttir
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How do you turn old gold into priceless treasure? At the turn of the twentieth century, Sigurlina finds herself in a hopeless situation. She is themotherless daughter of an eccentric father, who expects her to spend her life helping himcatalogue Icelandic archaeological artifacts.But Sigurlina has her own ambitions of education and excitement and after a harrowingexperience, takes fate into her own hands. She disappears from Reykjavik, along with a historicalrelic from her father's collection. Through a series of incredible events, the artifact is unveiled atThe Metropolitan Museum of New York. Meanwhile, officials in Iceland launch their owninvestigation into the theft of the artifact.A tragicomic tale about the preservation of cultural treasure, an intriguing perspective on thecoincidences that have determined their place in history and a thrilling and winding story of thehuman fates that underpin it all. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The narrative moves back and forth in time in a way that seems designed to make readers feel a bit wrong-footed, but that doesn't make the act of reading unreasonably difficult. Aside from the central character, readers only see other characters partially: there's no attempt to present them in any way beyond their relevance in Sigurlina's life.
In some ways this book is almost as much prose-poem as novel. The language is beautiful, but hazy at times in that way that works for poetry. The author balances Sigurlina's lack of options and frustrations with a kind of gentleness. Readers meet a woman living in a very narrow world, but there is an expansive gentleness that surfaces regularly.
When you're looking for a book that's both thought-provoking and charming, that asks more and gives more than your typical mass-market book, Embroidery will serve your purposes nicely.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via Edelweiss the opinions are my own. ( )