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A Wild Feat of Power

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Aftenposten’s reviewer praises the second volume of Hallgrímur Helgason’s “Sixty Kilos” trilogy for its relentless excess and energy.
  • The novel combines exaggeration, jokes, eccentric characters and historical sources in a story about the creation of modern Iceland.
  • The review says the book is slightly weaker than the first volume, despite its “almost limitless maximalism.”

“Fasten your seat belts!” The second volume of Hallgrímur Helgason’s “Sixty Kilos” trilogy is at least as unruly as the first, which appeared in Norwegian last winter.

The Icelandic author throws everything into the story: exaggerations, detours, inventions, jokes, tall tales and an eccentric cast of characters. He has no instinct for restraint. Instead, he charges ahead with almost limitless maximalism in his account of how modern Iceland was established.

The review describes the novel as a riot of antics and excesses, while noting that Helgason’s narrative rests on historical sources. Even so, it says the second book is somewhat less robust than the first.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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