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In Search of My Beloved
In Search of My Beloved | Thorbergur Thordarson
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MariaW
In Search of My Beloved | Thorbergur Thordarson
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I took the pictures of Thórbergur‘s most cited quotes when I was visiting his museum in Iceland. Some of them are timeless, like this one. #iceland #icelandiclit

Texreader 😂 😂 😂 4y
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MariaW
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Tomorrow I would have left for Iceland - like every Easter for the past four years. Unfortunately this year the virus had another idea. That‘s why I‘m posting Icelandic stuff for the next 10 days, which would have been my trip. #myicelandicweek #thorbergurthordarson #thordarson #iceland

AnneCecilie Love this picture with all the books. Where‘s this and is there a bookstore anywhere close? 4y
MariaW @AnneCecilie It is the Thórbergur Thórdarson museum in Iceland. The outside of the museum is designed as a bookshelf with all his books. The museum sells his books. It‘s a beautiful place, I will be posting more of it this week. 4y
AnneCecilie Really looking forward to more pictures from this place. But is it in Reykjavik or in one of the other cities on Iceland? 4y
MariaW @AnneCecilie It‘s in the countryside in the south of Iceland. They used the farm he grew up on and transformed into the museum. 4y
AnneCecilie @MariaW thanks. Looking forward to more pictures from you from Iceland 4y
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MariaW
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I had not rested my mind long on the silent heavens‘ play of glittering rays before is was seized by a rapture that was a mixture of great exaltation and poetic weakness.
#thorbergurthordarson #thordarson #iceland #myicelandicweek

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MariaW
In Search of My Beloved | Thorbergur Thordarson
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Maria on tour in literary Iceland - first stop: Thórbergur Thodarson Museum in Hali. I‘ve been there two years ago but only had a look around the exterior, which is very noce by the way. The museum is shaped as a bookshelf with all the author‘s works. Wait for more pictures... ???
#thordarson #thorbergurthordarson #icelandiclit #icelandicliterature

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MariaW
In Search of My Beloved | Thorbergur Thordarson
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Although I really like the smell of newly printed books, I now buy used books most of the times. I find it quite interesting since sometimes you have annotations of former owners or - like in this case - you get books from libraries in place you have never heard of. I had to google where Abertstwyth is. 🙈 At least this book had a long and interesting life so far.
#booksniffer #abooktravels #insearchofmybeloved #ThorbergurThordarson #iceland

Chrissyreadit I ordered a used book that arrived from my childhood local library. It was a nice surprise, I have been living out of state for 18 years. 6y
MariaW @Chrissyreadit Those little coincidences make our days. 😊 6y
Sarah83 I am a booksniffer aswell 😍 6y
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MariaW
In Search of My Beloved | Thorbergur Thordarson
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Okay, after that one I‘m going to stop posting about this book. ? I‘m reading more Icelandic literature right now. ???
#islandsadel #insearchofmybeloved #Íslenzkuraðall #ÞórbergurÞórðarson #ThorbergurThordarson #icelandicliterature #icelandiclit #iceland

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MariaW
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Nice day in the sun - with a good book. As I expected the English translation of one of my favourite books is a good as ther German one. Unfortunately only the part concerning Thordarson‘s love interest was translated, not the whole book. Knowing where cut-outs were and what should be there instead, one or two chapters changed their content a bit.
#islandsadel #insearchofmybeloved #ThorbergurThordarson #icelandicliterature #icelandiclit #iceland

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MariaW
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So many beautiful quotes in this book.
#islandsadel #insearchofmybeloved #Íslenzkuraðall #ÞórbergurÞórðarson #ThorbergurThordarson #icelandicliterature #icelandiclit #iceland

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MariaW
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What do you do if a book impresses you soooo much you can‘t cope without it anymore? You get other translations of the very same book and read it all over again. ❤️?
(Or other books of the same author, but unfortunately there are no other translated books of him in any of the languages I read ?).
#islandsadel #insearchofmybeloved #Íslenzkuraðall #ÞórbergurÞórðarson #ThorbergurThordarson #icelandicliterature #icelandiclit #iceland

Sarah83 No more books? Curious. Icelandic authors were everywhere some time ago. 6y
MariaW @Sarah83 Yeah, because Iceland has been a partner to the Frankfurter Buchmesse some while ago, but Thordarson is not a contemporary author, I guess that‘s the problem. (edited) 6y
Sarah83 @MariaW have you already looked online? 6y
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MariaW @Sarah83 Just ordered a collection of excerpts from Iceland one hour ago. 🤗 But I think in the end they are all from the same book - which is this one. 6y
Sarah83 Have you seen this one? 6y
MariaW @Sarah86 Sits already in my library. 😊 6y
Sarah83 Oh okay ☺️👍 6y
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MariaW
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That‘s what I was talking about - just checked the English version via Google books and it‘s perfect as well. ❤️
#islandsadel #insearchofmybeloved #Íslenzkuraðall #ÞórbergurÞórðarson #ThorbergurThordarson #icelandicliterature #icelandiclit #iceland