Samúel

Samúel is a destitute disability pensioner, an Icelander living in Denmark. His warped mind sees the world from a narrow vantage point, and he is an outsider in many senses, gripped by paranoia and bottomless delusions about human relations, love and sex. His helplessness is rooted in a sick relationship with his mother and family. His desperate search for himself, the truth and God drives him to the edge, in a story of black humour that takes on nationalism, racial prejudice and the self-image of the foreigner.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

228 pages in the original

Genres

Migration, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Denmark

First published

2002 by JPV

Author's age

28 when first published

ISBN

9789979775034 (original)