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Peter Peterson is racked by nightmares of the past. Now a dying man, leading a degenerate and shadowy life in New York, estranged from his family, he confesses everything, from his boyhood to his escape from Nazi-occupied Denmark.
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"Brilliant . . . a tour de force." -The New York Times Book Review
"Powerfully accomplished. . . . Absolution sets long reverberations tolling in the reader's mind." -The New York Review of Books
"A literary triumph. . . . The book works extremely well both as a psychological thriller and as a character study." -The European "A solemn, intellectually challenging work." -Chicago Tribune "The first book in English by this top-notch Nordic novelist, who may become that true rarity, an Icelandic Nobel Prize winner." -Forbes Magazine "Surprisingly effective. . . . This story of crime and punishment is an impressive novel. . . . A modest, but not unworthy, offspring of Dostoevsky's towering predecessor." - The Economist "Compulsive reading, and the spare, dry language concentrates the suspense. . . . As cold and lucid as a quartz crystal." -Independent on Sunday "Spellbinding. . . . Formidably written." -Entertainment Weekly "The novel whose aftertaste has lingered longest this year is Absolution. . . . Its deep humanity and elegiac tone made it oddly exhilarating. . . . A superlative example of the genre, which reverberates in the reader's mind because of the craftsmanship and integrity which Olafsson has brought to the story." -Sunday Telegraph "[A] sophisticated novel . . . written in clear, sparse prose." -The Times (London) "Olafsson's debut as a writer in English has more than curiosity value: this is a fine novel." -Time Out "Icelander Olafsson's style has the linear austerity and emotionally supercharged restraint that seems a Nordic hallmark. . . . The honesty of this first-person account of a traumatised conscience holds the attention. The slow-burning fuse of the narrator's guilt . . . smoulders through skilled writing and narrative integrity." -The Observer
"Funny, sad and utterly enjoyable." -The Spectator
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A brilliant and intriguing anatomy of revenge and evil, reminiscent of Ian McEwan's BLACK DOGS.
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Condition: Bueno. : Absolution es una novela de Olaf Olafsson, traducida del islandés al inglés. Publicada en 1994 por Phoenix House, la historia se desarrolla a lo largo de 259 páginas y explora temas de ficción moderna. EAN: 9781897580028 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Absolution Autor: Olaf Olafsson Idioma: en Páginas: 259. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-01-22-d71be417
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