The Birds -

Tarjei Vesaas

Penguin

2019

224 páginas

7h 28m

ISBN-13: 9780241384879

This is the story of Mattis, a mentally handicapped man who lives with and is cared for by his older sister, Hege. Within their isolated, lakeside existence, Mattis cannot make sense of his tangled thoughts, frightening apparitions, surges of emotion and clever insights. When a travelling lumberjack attracts Hege's affections, the disruption is too much for Mattis to bear.

This Norwegian masterpiece sensitively captures the mystic command of the natural world, the prison of unfulfilled time and the fragility of the human mind. The narrative is sparse, poetic and contemplative with an ending that crescendos into heartbreak.

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5 (Perfeito)

Os pássaros

Há algo na água dos escritores noruegueses ,tantas obras melancólicas e belíssimas, ainda penso em Mattis e Hage,nos pássaros,na vida simples,uma estoria que ficará comigo sempre.