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The Power of Grace. A novel by Guðmundur Andri Thorsson.
A good copy, signed by the most esteemed member of parliament, Guðmundur Andri Thorsson.
The Power of Grace is a family story. The son of the family has to tell his parents that a song by him has made it to the final round of the Eurovision Song Contest - which he knows will upset them - and the daughter has to make up her mind whether to leave her man, a young and promising European, for a Swedish bluesman whom she does not know is the heir to a great fortune.
The mother is a priest struggling with the resurgence of her childhood clairvoyance, while the father is a former socialist MP who now cultivates his garden, writes crime novels - and paints. In the distance stand two old men, a single radio announcer who has become part of the family and a grandfather who is a hereditary communist. They are the last socialists, their ideals are generally ridiculed and over them lies the shadow of broken dreams. Yet they gather at the piano in the evenings ...
The Power of Grace is a captivating novel by Guðmundur Andri Thorsson, written with a rare gift for style.
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A good copy, signed by the most esteemed member of parliament, Guðmundur Andri Thorsson.
The Power of Grace is a family story. The son of the family has to tell his parents that a song by him has made it to the final round of the Eurovision Song Contest - which he knows will upset them - and the daughter has to make up her mind whether to leave her man, a young and promising European, for a Swedish bluesman whom she does not know is the heir to a great fortune.
The mother is a priest struggling with the resurgence of her childhood clairvoyance, while the father is a former socialist MP who now cultivates his garden, writes crime novels - and paints. In the distance stand two old men, a single radio announcer who has become part of the family and a grandfather who is a hereditary communist. They are the last socialists, their ideals are generally ridiculed and over them lies the shadow of broken dreams. Yet they gather at the piano in the evenings ...
The Power of Grace is a captivating novel by Guðmundur Andri Thorsson, written with a rare gift for style.
(Cover text)