The Greenlanders
by Jane Smiley
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Author: Jane SmileyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-13
ISBN: 1400095468
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: A bit too frozen, read Vollman's Ice Shirt instead
Summary: 3 Stars
Usually I fly right through Jane Smiley's books, but this one lacks a vibrant touch. Maybe it is the dark frozen setting, maybe it is the characters who are all Lief the son of Eric, and Eric the son of Lief...but I found it leaden. I will say I admire what seems to be an accurate sense of time and place. The story is limited to what these characters would likely express and do and facing the frozen tundra they seemed to express very little. I admire this work, but I didn't get captivated by it. In contrast the same period and the same Norse sagas are fictionalized in Vollman's "Ice Shirt" a book that leaps and dances around on the ice. Read his instead and go re-read Moo (by Smiley) if you've ever spent time at a midwestern cow college. Go Badgers!
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