Reviews about Janne Teller
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Odin's Island
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Janne Teller’s highly acclaimed debut is a three-in-one book. Prophesies of doom, creation myth and the magical power of love in 500 pages. (…) The book is also a pithy challenge to much watered-down but also belligerent neo-religiosity. Janne Teller herself is not afraid of expressing her own somewhat cavalier but also bold opinion of the true nature of faith, doubt and love. But Odin’s Island is not merely an entertaining read, it is also a sharp critique.
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Connie Bork, Politiken
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Odin's Island
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This is a novel with an original plot. The book is crime story, a social satire, a love story and a re-narration of Denmark’s distant past. Reading Odin’s Island is like stepping into a vast space in which fantasy rules and where one is constantly aware of the cold alluring wind of Nordic myth.
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Anne Wegener, Information
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Odin's Island
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Inside this writer lives something of a chiding critic wagging her finger. First the numerous threads are woven together, then separated out again, and what is impressive in Janne Teller’s novel is the narrating overview, the will to tell things as they are.
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Mette Winge, Politiken
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