Far Afield

I have spent my summer furiously and rapidly reading a spate of excellent books, and this was my favorite. This was one that I had seen prominently displayed at the public library's randomly chosen display of "Paperback fun!". I actually felt guilty when I checked it out (because the cover is emblaz......more

This is a humorous book that I would enjoy reading again. It is a story about a young man who goes to the Faroe Islands to apply his archeological skills and finds himself really having to adapt, but the natives there are more than willing to teach him. It is quite humorous at times.......more

Maybe four stars because Jonathan is so insufferable. It's ok, I don't need to love my characters but some of the navel gazing passages drag on. But five stars because of all the other characters and beautiful descriptions.......more

An angst ridden graduate student moves to one of the Faroe Islands for a year to study the local culture for his dissertation at Harvard. Jonathan is a post industrial worrier who wears his anxieties on his sleeve. He has come to a small fishing village with one provision shop to inhabit a simple co......more

Well written, at times poetic description of a young graduate student 's year in the Faroe Islands, sort of pretending to be an anthropologist. Therein lies the problem. Jonathan is a pretty insufferable, self-centered, moody type, who doesn't seem to care much about being an anthropologist, know mu......more