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SUMMARY:MARTIN A HANSEN'S THE LIAR
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On September 12\, we’ll be discussing Martin A. Hansen’s The Liar\, one of the greatest works of modern Scandinavian fiction\, out now in new translation by Paul Larkin\, who recently discussed the book with us in a talk streaming here. \nFirst published in 1950\, The Liar tells the story of Johannes Lye\, a teacher and parish clerk on tiny Sand Island off the coast of Denmark\, a place that in winter is entirely cut off from the world at large by ice. It is winter when the book begins\, and for years now Johannes has lived alone\, even as he nurses a secret passion for Annemari\, a former pupil. Annemari is engaged to a local man\, Olaf\, who has left the island but is due to return come spring. She is also being courted by a young engineer from the mainland. \n\n\nSuch are the chief players in a compact drama\, recorded in Johannes’s ironic\, self-lacerating\, and anything but reliable diary. \nMartin A. Hansen’s novel beautifully evokes the stark landscape of Sand Island and the immemorial circuit of the seasons as well as the mysterious passage of time in the human heart\, all the while proceeding to a supremely suspenseful conclusion. \n“A great work of art. . . . There is a palpable unease in every sentence.” —Tom Kristensen \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/martin-a-hansens-the-liar/
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SUMMARY:SICK OF MYSELF
DESCRIPTION:This fall at Scandinavia House\, experience Nordic comedy at its darkest with “Svart Humor”! “If there’s a dead body in Denmark\, someone is going to make a joke about it\,” director Anders Jensen once said; Nordic comedies are as known for their deadpan\, dry wit as for their occasionally noir subject matter\, celebrating the “svart/sort” (dark) side of life’s hilarities. \nThe series kicks off on September 13 with Sick of Myself /Syk Pike (dir. Kristoffer Borgli\, Norway/Denmark/Sweden/France\, 2022)\, a biting Norwegian satire hailed as “a 95-minute-long insanity spiral and nihilist’s delight” (Cinemacy)! Self-involved young Oslo residents Signe (Kristine Kujath) and Thomas (Eirik Sæther) are a perfectly toxic match; both are equally insufferable and desperate to be noticed. \nBut when Thomas’s burgeoning artistic success tips the power balance too far in his favor\, rising to fame with his sculptures made of stolen furniture\, Signe becomes hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy\, beginning with faking a nut allergy. As she seeks out more drastic ways to reclaim attention within the milieu of Oslo’s culture elite\, the results become increasingly grotesque. \nA pitch-black “unromantic comedy” shot through with elements of Cronenbergian horror that was one of the highlights of Cannes 2022 (and one of John Waters’ “Best Films of 2022” and NY Magazine’s “Best Movies of 2023” )\, Sick of Myself is a delightfully unsparing dissection of our warped\, celebrity-obsessed times. \n“A cross between the malicious wit of Ruben Östlund’s recent pictures and the lurid excesses of John Waters’ early film Female Trouble… Comedies don’t get much darker than this”—The Guardian \nRegister
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/sick-of-myself/
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SUMMARY:MY SAILOR\, MY LOVE
DESCRIPTION:“A poignant and achingly moving tale of love and loss” — on September 15\, see Finnish filmmaker Klaus Härö’s My Sailor\, My Love at Scandinavia House! \nHoward (James Cosmo) is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland. As he struggles to care for himself\, his daughter\, Grace (Catherine Walker) hires Annie (Bríd Brennan) to help out around the house. Though Howard initially rejects this imposition\, Annie’s charm and gentle care win him over\, and the two fall in love. But where Annie’s large and loving family welcomes Howard into their lives\, the new relationships only serve to illuminate the depth of pain and hurt between Howard and Grace\, who is facing challenges of her own. As her resentment tears at an otherwise idyllic love story\, they must learn to heal wounds of the past. \n\n\nA windswept drama deftly balances a universal family saga with a tender and timeless romance\, My Sailor\, My Love is “filled with sage wisdom and vulnerable people struggling to do the best that they can even when they are at their worst…a lovely indie” (San Jose Mercury News). \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/my-sailor-my-love-cinema-at-scandinavia-house/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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