Could anyone recommend good 20th/21st century scandinavian/icelandic literature?
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"He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."
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Originally posted by trentk View PostCould anyone recommend good 20th/21st century scandinavian/icelandic literature?
Sorry, I had to!Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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Whatever you think someone who reads lovecraft, borges, continental philosophy, huysmans, bataille, lispector, mann etc.. would like."He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."
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Originally posted by trentk View PostCould anyone recommend good 20th/21st century scandinavian/icelandic literature?
Vilhelm Ekelund - (maybe too hard to find in English)
August Strindberg - Alone
Harry Martinson- Aimless Journeys
Björn Larsson - Dreams by the sea
Maybe you would like some of it.
"I have noticed that sometimes I frighten people; what they really fear is themselves. They think it is I who scare them, but it is the dwarf within them, the ape-faced manlike being who sticks up his head from the depths of their souls."
- The Dwarf
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Originally posted by galia View Poststig dagerman is probably the best 20th century swedish author. I particularly recomment "a burnt child" and "german autumn".Selling CCP, Harnden, Raf, Rick etc.
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Originally posted by trentk View PostWhatever you think someone who reads lovecraft, borges, continental philosophy, huysmans, bataille, lispector, mann etc.. would like.
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You'd have to tell us what you like, firstFashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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thanks for all the scandanavian lit recommendations, I have alot of books to check out now.
Originally posted by viv1984viv View Posttoo funny"He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."
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