The Valley at the Centre of the World

>>...Das Tal ergab irgendwie einen Sinn. Hier hatte er sich geschützt gefühlt vor der zerstückelten Welt, die ihm früher so bedrohlich erschienen war. Hier fühlte er sich vom Ort absorbiert, ohne von ihm zerstört zu werden. << "Das Tal in der Mitte der Welt" von Malachy Tallack, aus dem Englischen vo......more

Not a first visit to Shetland islands for me. No, first time was with the eponymous BBC show. One with relatively forgettable prototypical small town cop sort of theme, but absolutely unforgettable scenery. Well, this time returning, a proper literary armchair travel, is much much lovelier. Somethin......more

Maybe more about language and dialect than about anything eventful in the way of plot. A bit about the culture and lifestyle of the Scottish Isles and about the fractured relationship between a mom and her son. And anything that did occur almost seemed gratuitous so that something would be occurring......more

A remarkable debut. I became so invested in these characters lives and their profound connections to their place in the world. Beautiful prose from a major new talent.......more