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Tomas Jonsson / Gudbergur Bergsson

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Original language: Icelandic Publication details: Madrid Altea, Taurus, Alfaguara 1990Description: 352 p. 22 cm.ISBN:
  • 9788420422336
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Calificada como la primera novela realmente contemporánea de la literatura islandesa, la obra trata de las memorias de Tomas Jonsson, oficinista, anciano, incapacitado, casi ciego que no consigue diferenciar el pasado del presente, lo real de lo imaginario. La novela transciende esa anécdota para presentar una imagen irónica, humorística, ácida y demoledora del absurdo de la sociedad.Summary: Regarded as the first truly contemporary novel in Icelandic literature, the work deals with the memories of Tomas Jonsson, an office clerk, elderly, disabled, almost blind man who cannot distinguish the past from the present, the real from the imaginary. The novel transcends this anecdote to present an ironic, humorous, acerbic, and devastating image of the absurdity of society.
List(s) this item appears in: NOVELS IN SPANISH
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Calificada como la primera novela realmente contemporánea de la literatura islandesa, la obra trata de las memorias de Tomas Jonsson, oficinista, anciano, incapacitado, casi ciego que no consigue diferenciar el pasado del presente, lo real de lo imaginario. La novela transciende esa anécdota para presentar una imagen irónica, humorística, ácida y demoledora del absurdo de la sociedad.

Regarded as the first truly contemporary novel in Icelandic literature, the work deals with the memories of Tomas Jonsson, an office clerk, elderly, disabled, almost blind man who cannot distinguish the past from the present, the real from the imaginary. The novel transcends this anecdote to present an ironic, humorous, acerbic, and devastating image of the absurdity of society.

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