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Per is a pastor’s son… He is unhappy in his parents’ house… He has nothing in common with his father and his siblings… Growing up he dreams to go away… One pretty autumn evening, when the weekly passenger boat slowly steamed out through the endless bends of the fjords on the way to Copenhagen, Peter Leggi tutto

It’s a complete mystery to me why this book isn’t better known and why it hasn’t taken its place amongst the canon of great European novels. It wasn’t translated into English until 2010, and with that translation and now with a new one in 2018 under the title of A Fortunate Man perhaps it will gain Leggi tutto

“For det vidste han nu, at han var født til på sit område at blive morgenvækkeren og banebryderen i dette dorske samfund af tykblodede præste- og degnesønner. Den lille Ivan havde ret. Der ventedes på ham. Netop på ham”. Et mesterværk. Ganske enkelt❤️ Jeg har næsten ikke ord fine nok til at beskrive Leggi tutto

I have been with my boyfriend for more than 10 years. We met when we were in our late 20s and have often talked about, how I probably wouldn’t have liked him if we had met each other earlier. This is how I feel about Lykke-Per, the protagonist. He is not very like able, necessarily, for great parts o Leggi tutto

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This is the second Danish novel I’ve read lately and, as in my other review, I’m going to bring a distinctly American literature perspective to what I have to say, American literature what I know best (at least in terms of literature). Anyway, Pontoppidan is certainly better known in Europe than in Leggi tutto

Det kan være svært at læse klassikere. Sproget er tit markant anderledes end i moderne romaner, og det er ikke lige til at skelne sin egen oplevelse fra en universel anerkendelse af bogen og dens forfatter. Måske særligt fordi store værker også ofte er indviklede og udfordrende at læse (altså ikke a Leggi tutto

Em 1917 partilhou com o seu compatriota Karl Adolph Gjellerup o Prémio Nobel da Literatura. De Pontopiddan, Thomas Mann disse que era "um poeta épico nato e um conservador que preservou para nós o grande estilo do romance. Recomendo este livro a todos os que apreciam uma narrativa rica em nuances e q Leggi tutto

Wonderful by an extremely empathetic, razor sharp and witty writer. We have still to tackle many of the problems in our society and in ourselves that Per personifies. Highly recommended (English version available).