Point Appertaining To Books Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?
| Title | : | Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven? |
| Author | : | Johan Harstad |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 478 pages |
| Published | : | October 31st 2006 by Podium (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. European Literature. Scandinavian Literature. Novels. Literature. Roman. Contemporary. Humor |
Johan Harstad
Paperback | Pages: 478 pages Rating: 4.06 | 2767 Users | 284 Reviews
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Mattias is geboren in 1969, in de nacht van de eerste maanlanding. Om preciezer te zijn: op het moment dat Buzz Aldrin zijn voet in het maanstof zette. Buzz Aldrin is Mattias" grote idool. Een man die belangrijk werk deed, maar in de aangename schaduw van Neil Armstrong kan leven. Precies het onopvallende leven dat Mattias zelf voor ogen heeft.Als zijn relatie strandt, besluit hij op het aanbod van een vriend in te gaan en met diens band mee te varen naar de Faer er. Naar het land waar geen boom groeit, het land dat op de maan lijkt. Maar eenmaal aan boord gaat het mis. Mattias stort in en wordt wakker op een verlaten weg, doorweekt, gewond en - om onverklaarbare redenen - met 15.000 Noorse kronen op zak.Specify Books Toward Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?
| Original Title: | Buzz Aldrin, hvor ble det av deg i alt mylderet? |
| ISBN: | 9057592495 (ISBN13: 9789057592492) |
| Edition Language: | Dutch |
| Literary Awards: | BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2012) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 2767 Users | 284 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?
The best book I've read this year, and in the top ten of books I have ever read. The English title is 'Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion?'Sometimes you come across things that are like looking at a bit of your own heart in a mirror. This is one of those things. The thing it reminded me of most is the Icelandic film, Englar alheimsins, possibly because it deals with mental health and the very northern bits of Europe, but also because of its focus on mundanity and detail, andAs all the reviews says, a book about being number two. but as well great description of feeling rootless, how coincidences makes you end up somewhere and the artto make your own life. And how an imporant role time and proximity plays in relations between people.Have to show two passages (in norwegian):an example of simple but great comparisons:Jeg tenkte på ting jeg hadde lest. At den som skal dø, mister sansene i minuttene før. En etter en. Først smakssansen, senere evnen til å lukte. Så
Intriguing book. The writing style is very direct, quite minimalistic-descriptive and that is not my thing. The main character Mattias is equally colourless: he is deliberately very passive and wants to be invisible (his idol is the second man on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin), he lets life slip past him, but nevertheless he hits a heavy identity crisis; if you ask me, that is a rather forced story. And finally there is the authentic, but terrible landscape of the Faroer Islands, where Mattias could
Best book of the century. IMNSHO. Why? Read it and you know.
A life that might happen when you just want to fit in, but you don't really. Very melancholic book, about choices or the lack thereof, destiny and friendship. Not as much rock-and-roll as the front blurb promises but then that wasn't really required. I loved it, even when I found it getting a bit tedious and constructed in the final stages. Definitely a good read, and the first book I read that made me want to travel to the Faroe Islands. And to keep my mental health.
Not a story to knock you off your socks because it's so smart or ingenious, but a lovely, slightly odd tale of a young man (Mattias) that just wants to be useful, a part of the rotating earth without getting honoured or even noticed. What makes it good, is the unique charm that comes with it, beautifully written sentences, a style so engaging that you can not -not- like it. "She looked dismayed, seemed to be shrinking in the bed. I had to search between the sheets for a while before finding her
A melancomic and bittersweet story, sometimes too long winded, it's about a life slowly unfolding and then getting out of control. Loved it because I started it as soon as I got back from the Faroe Islands and I could clearly see the landscapes and villages I saw and fallen in love with in the words of Harstad.
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