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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Island

Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen (author), Caroline Waight (translator)

Paperback Published on: 24/06/2021; Language: English, Danish (Original language of a translated text)

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Synopsis

Family brings the young woman back to the Faroe Islands - the windswept, rocky northern archipelago where she has never

lived but which she has always called home. There she finds her stories entwining with those of her ancestors as she searches for a way to connect with the culture and her kin. Is 'home' just a place name, or something more?

Split across three generations of a Faroese family, rooted in the wild beauty of the islands and the author's own history, this is a bewitching tale of exile, homecoming, and what it means to belong.

Publisher information

Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 9781782275800
Number of pages: 176
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Languages: English, Danish (Original language of a translated text)

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A woman is trying to explore questions of identity and belonging in a contemporary, lyrical Norse Odyssey.

‘’She stands with her back to the low copse of planted trees, looking down the mountain to the village, blue in the August night, and the sheep that are li... READ MORE

Amalia Gkavea

An intriguing look at the interpretation of "home"

The Faroe Islands have always intrigued me and on my bucket list of travel destinations, so this book was a must-read. It follows three generations of rela... READ MORE

T Edwards

An evocative read on family and belonging

Island is a nostalgic intimate walk through a family's past. Told through three different timelines, it's a story about a generation leaving to start a lif... READ MORE

Melanie Bavajee

an atmospheric read

Island is a really evocative novel about a Danish girl with Faroese heritage who comes back to the islands for a funeral. I found the descriptions of the F... READ MORE

What is home?

I found Island a surprisingly absorbing story - I'm not sure what I expected, but I didn't expect to read this so quickly! It is a compelling description o... READ MORE

Georgina Collins

Beautiful Writing

he story is told by our named narrator about her visit to the Faro Islands after the death of her Grandmother. We follow her visit and her description of... READ MORE

Ange

Atmospheric

Island is a strange book. The descriptive passages and the atmosphere were excellently done, but there was very little in the way of plotting or characteri... READ MORE

Verity Halliday

Island

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