Fish Have No Legs
by (iceland) Jorn Kalman Stefansson
About This Novel
Keflavik is known as the darkest place in Iceland, a barren lava, a sea that cannot be fished, and a US military base that cannot be driven away. Writer and publisher Ali returns here because of his seriously ill father, and memories of his childhood flood back, including Pink Floyd, stealing supplies from US military trucks and a girl he can't forget. My grandfather and grandmother were Icelanders who built their lives on the sea of the East Fjords with courage and will. At that time, the ancient custom was still popular, men brought glory and glory by going to sea, and women endured the cruel wait on the shore. The love of his ancestors, the praise of nature and the glory of life all deeply attracted Ali. In this same place of mountains and oceans, why did the former glory turn into a life with only profits instead of heartbeats? An unbearable question mark arose in Ali's heart.
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Official(4)Scraped 4d ago
There is a famous saying: "A fish has no legs, so I am not a fish."
Love perishes easily
The story can stop at the best moment, but life goes on. Ordinary life after love is worn away, just like love is a lifetime of suffering
A very good book,
I was exhausted after reading it, but I also grew a lot.
With its magnificent imagination and heavy reality, the weight of this book transcends time and space. It uses the repeated interweaving of abstraction and reality to question us about the true meaning of life. You said, did the astronauts in Zingzinge Restaurant eventually fly to the moon?
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Official(4)Scraped 4d ago
There is a famous saying: "A fish has no legs, so I am not a fish."
Love perishes easily
The story can stop at the best moment, but life goes on. Ordinary life after love is worn away, just like love is a lifetime of suffering
A very good book,
I was exhausted after reading it, but I also grew a lot.
With its magnificent imagination and heavy reality, the weight of this book transcends time and space. It uses the repeated interweaving of abstraction and reality to question us about the true meaning of life. You said, did the astronauts in Zingzinge Restaurant eventually fly to the moon?
