Tine Høeg
Auteur de Nye rejsende
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- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 15
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- #708,120
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- 3.3
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- 2
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- 7
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- 2
Review of the Lolli Editions paperback (September 2020) translated from the Danish language original "Nye rejsende" (New Travellers) (January 2017)
Perhaps if I hadn't previously read Dorthe Nors' So Much for That Winter (2016), also excellently translated by Misha Hoekstra, where the 2 minimalist novellas are one consisting of household lists and the other of tweet-like headlines, the stark format of New Passengers might have held some interest. But it just came over as more of the same type of minimalism, just not as humorous or inventive.
Instead the story of a new college teacher starting an affair with a fellow commuting passenger on their daily train was just tiresome and at points rather disturbing i.e. when she seems to fantasize about stalking her lover's wife and child. It seemed as if it might at least have been heading towards some sort of dramatic confrontation, but then it just fizzled out.
I read New Passengers as the October 2020 book perk from my support of The Republic of Consciousness Prize for small independent publishers.
Trivia and Confession
I may have had some preconceived bias and/or cognitive dissonance with this reading. I appreciate each of the Republic of Consciousness selections for their unique character and diversified selection. However, at the same time, the publisher of this selection is "Lolli Editions" and the word "lolli" in my heritage language of Estonian means "stupid" or "silly".… (plus d'informations)