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Bredsdorff, Bodil
4 Reviews
(2)
4-6
Translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard.
In this final book in the quartet, Alek (formerly Doup) embarks on a journey with plenty of intrigue, including a shipwreck, a murder, and an exotic girl who survives the wreck. Even fans will have trouble keeping the expanding "family" straight, but it hardly matters when the imagery is so precise and eloquent that each line of text reads like poetry.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2012
(2)
4-6
Translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard.
Tink (The Crow-Girl, Eidi) believes it's his fault that the family is barely making it through the winter on a dwindling supply of potatoes. Then Burd, a drunkard he rescues, teaches him to fish, and the bounty sustains them all. Once again Bredsdorff fully immerses readers in her achingly beautiful evocation of the rugged coastal Denmark setting.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011
(2)
4-6
Translated by Kathryn Mahaffy.
In this companion to The Crow-Girl, Eidi's blended family becomes too crowded after a new baby is born. She decides to avoid the situation and live with her friend Rossan, earning her keep by carding and spinning wool from his sheep. Bredsdorff's crystalline prose evokes the austere beauty of the Danish coastal setting and shapes a strong, independent main character.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2009
(1)
4-6
Translated by Faith Ingwersen.
This folktale-like Danish novel follows an orphaned peasant girl as she gathers together a new family made up of other lost souls like her. The group, including a motherless little boy and his grieving father, an abused mother and daughter, and a reclusive shepherd, grow to rely on one another for physical and emotional sustenance. The prose is as luminous and uncluttered as the stark coastal setting.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2004
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