Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland
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Bill Holm is one of a kind. A Minnesotan of Icelandic ancestry, his travels have taken him all over the world, providing the material for a number of rich and memorable books. In The Windows of Brimnes, Holm travels to Brimnes, his fisherman’s cottage on the shore of a creek in northern Iceland. From there, he considers the fate of America — "my home, my citizenship, my burden" — in these provocative essays. Linda M. Kaufmann - Library Journal Poet and essayist Holm (English, Southwest St. Univ., MN; Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary) has written an insightful, often humorous, and occasionally melancholy follow-up to The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth, his book on growing up in an Icelandic community in Minneota, MN. Here he explores the country of his ancestors, its rich literary heritage, and the hardscrabble history that drove many Icelanders to the New World. At the same time, he casts a critical eye on life, politics, and religion in the United States. Brimnes, his tiny, isolated cottage only yards from the sea, with no phone or computer, provides a haven in the tradition of Thoreau's Walden Pond and a vantage point from which to view the modern world, which has begun to encroach on his beloved Iceland. Holm's wonderfully clear prose brings to life the dramatic landscape of Iceland and its friendly and independent people. Poems by him and others, including translations of works by Icelandic poets, are sprinkled throughout the text. Holm has produced an enjoyable book that belongs in all public and academic library collections.
Contents Brimnes: Name and Place....................3Skagafjörður....................19Ethereal Friends....................31Elves Out the Windows....................63The Melancholy Quotient....................73Minneota: The Early Years....................109Silence and Noise....................131A Gift of Horses....................159Christianity Under the Glacier....................173The Home of Poetry....................189Fog....................203
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