A Day in the Lives (2024)
2024
198 pages
Fiction
Novel in stories
A Day in the Lives (2024)
A compelling narrative cycle, weaving together the stories of twelve individuals whose lives intersect, respond to, and complete one another in various intricate ways.
They are twelve men – fathers, grandfathers, sons, brothers, friends, husbands, and lovers. They are rough and tender, solitary and sociable, creative and thoughtful, mumbling and calculating. Each of them represents a universe unto themselves, but one is marked for doom.
This novel in stories paints a picture of a single day in their lives, recounting their sorrows and triumphs, secrets, loves, and everyday matters. Their diverse life stories intertwine and connect, weaving a captivating and colorful tapestry interlaced with music and melancholy.
Reviews
A Day in the Lives enchants you. The atmosphere of the book, the warm, mesmerizing, sometimes melancholic breath of its style, its captivating characters, and its revealing life wisdom, seep deeply into you and become part of your inner landscape; you read A Day in the Lives and gain a friend. A slightly mischievous, bittersweet friend, with a blues harmonica in his pocket.
JON KALMAN STEFANSSON, WRITER
You can trust me, A Day in the Lives is an exceptional novel in stories about men and masculinity, with all their flaws and virtues. A true book ... This book is rich in stylistic brilliance. Arguably, there is no greater stylist than the author of this work. While the narrative progression is carefully maintained, it is the atmosphere that is the book's forte — "the warm, enchanting, sometimes wistful breath of the style," as the book's cover describes. ... There is a playfulness in the text, wit and humor, style and poetry, and plenty of analysis.
HERMANN STEFANSSON, WRITER
A Day in the Lives proves once again that Guðmundur Andri Thorsson is a major writer, and one of the finest stylists in Icelandic literature of today.
ALAIN GNAEDIG, EDITOR FOR SCANDINAVIAN FICTION AT GALLIMARD
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