A Change of Time

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A quiet, intimate novel by Danish author Ida Jessen, translated by Martin Aitken. Told mainly in diary entries, the book chronicles the life of a woman after her husband dies. Starting in the 1920s & going over the course of the years, primarily in the small rural environment of Thyregod, this book doesn't make a splash but leaves you with many beautifully-observed moments & feelings. Much like life itself.

Freespirit This sounds good for #ReadingEurope2020 😍 4y

batsy @Freespirit Ooh, yes! Thanks for the reminder, I should tag the books set in Europe for this challenge :) 4y

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andrew61 That looks really interesting - thanks ☺ 4y

batsy @andrew61 🙂 4y

LeahBergen And I still have it stacked from your review! 4y

Cathythoughts Lovely review ❤️ stacked 4y

batsy @LeahBergen @Cathythoughts 😘😘 4y

GatheringBooks oooh! i am loving the sound of this one!! 4y

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A Change of Time | Ida Jessen

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An intensely quiet, private novel told in diary entries as a schoolteacher in Denmark in the 20th-century deals with her husband's passing & sifts through her memories. The language is luminous & precise, rendered in a beautiful translation by Martin Aitken. The narrator herself is prickly, odd, thoughtful, & unique, & her relationship with her husband reveals itself slowly. Rural Danish society is slowly brought to life. A small gem. #netgalley

batsy Painting: "Woman Reading by Candlelight" (1908), Peter Vilhelm Ilsted 5y

Freespirit Lovely painting 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Lovely review 👍 5y

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TrishB Lovely review ❤️ 5y

Cathythoughts Love this painting & this beautiful review 👍🏻♥️ 5y

batsy @erzascarletbookgasm @TrishB @Cathythoughts Thank you ❤️ and I agree Cathy and @Freespirit I love this painting 😍 5y

RohitSawant Wonderful review! 5y

Tanisha_A Review - 👌, painting - 😍! 5y

Redwritinghood It sounds lovely. Nice review. 5y

batsy @rohit-sawant @Redwritinghood Thank you! It's different from usual navel gazey diary-based novels, but still deeply about the interior space... Really nice. 5y

batsy @Tanisha_A Thanks, lovely! That painting is so serene and quiet ❤️ 5y

rubyslippersreads ❤️ everything about this review. 😊 5y

Centique Oh this sounds so perfect. You have an amazing way with words! 😍 5y

LeahBergen Diary entries, you say? Stacked! And what a lovely review. 😍 5y

batsy @rubyslippersreads @Centique @LeahBergen Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ 5y

Tonton Great review！ 5y

batsy @Tonton Thanks! 5y

BiblioLitten Brilliantly written review! 💕 5y

GatheringBooks that does sound exquisitely woven 5y

batsy @BiblioLitten Thank you ❤️ 5y

batsy @GatheringBooks Yes! 5y

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A Change of Time | Ida Jessen

Cathythoughts Beautiful ♥️ 5y

TrishB Lovely words and graphic 💕 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts @TrishB There's some beautiful language/images in this one ❤️ 5y

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A Change of Time | Ida Jessen

"If was as if the sand were a thing alive"—this is a quiet, contemplative book set in 20th-century Denmark, but naturally the first thing that came to mind when I read that was Michael McDowell's creepy The Elementals that we read for the #HELLoWeen buddy read. Sand will always fill me with foreboding now. Will I ever go to a beach again?
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Velvetfur Oh gosh, that's certainly a whole new way of looking at sand...! 5y

Kalalalatja Oh that definitely reminds me of The Elementals! So creepy 😅 5y

batsy @Velvetfur It is! That slight undertone of menace... 5y

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batsy @Kalalalatja Doesn't it just 😆 5y

LeahBergen That book has stayed with me, too 😆😆 5y

kspenmoll Like that quote very much! 5y

batsy @LeahBergen It leaves an impression, doesn't it! 5y

batsy @kspenmoll This is proving to be a lovely book. Slow and introspective and quiet, about a widow coming to terms with her sudden "freedom". 5y

Reggie Without reading your comments I started thinking of that book!! Lol 5y

batsy @Reggie Ha! 😆 5y

saresmoore Listen. I don‘t know how creepy sand is in books and whatnot, but you ain‘t experienced true dread ‘til you‘ve sunk your feet in up to your bare ant-bit ankles in the sandy soil of backwoods Florida. I mean. 5y

saresmoore Which you may have done while visiting your sister? There are some downright disturbing places in the vicinity of Gainesville. *shudder* Ooh, but now my desire to read The Elementals is renewed, in addition to my desire to remain safely distant from Florida for the time being... 🙃😳 Apologies for the weird sand tangent! 5y

batsy @saresmoore That sounds terrifying, Sara! Almost as terrifying as it is in The Elementals. (I've never visited my sister in Gainesville or been to the US because of the requirements re: finances one has to show to obtain a visa. We just make her come visit us, instead!) 5y

saresmoore Money and visas are dumb. I think we‘d all get along just fine without them. But, then, international travel is even dumber. At least, my anxiety thinks it is. 5y

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