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Type: Paperbook
Categories: Novels
Origin country: Faroe Islands
Making up: Sára Mikkelsen
ISBN: 978-99972-1-436-2
Date of publication : 26. October 2021
Pages: 244

Vatn er ein vátur logi

Carl Jóhan Jensen

What happens when old age fragments your consciousness to such an extent that it becomes a half-finished puzzle with numerous unfamiliar pieces?

VATN ER EIN VÁTUR LOGI (Water is a Wet Flame) addresses the issue of dementia from an existential viewpoint and places it in a contemporary Faroese context.

This is the life story of an elderly woman as she remembers it in her weakened state of mind, alone and frail in a flat somewhere in the center of Tórshavn. Life is drawing to a close.

She is haunted and tormented by repressed memories of things left incomplete and neglected, not least by love.

Vatn er ein vátur logi is yet another exceptional and important work of fiction by the author who gave us Ó - SØGUR UM DJEVULSKAP (Un -: Tales of Devilry)

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About the author Carl Jóhan Jensen

was born in 1957. He holds a degree in linguistics and literature. Jensen is a poet, author, journalist and reviewer. He was one of the main contributors to Fregnir during its four years of publication and was known for his blunt reviews and pointed political commentary.

His novel Ó-søgur um djevulskap (Ó –Tales of Abominations) was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Price in 2007. The novel is translated into Norwegian and Swedish. It has been published in Norway, where it has received positive reviews.

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