\u00c9g hef veri\u00f0 duglegur a\u00f0 vi\u00f0a a\u00f0 m\u00e9r b\u00f3kum upp \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0kasti\u00f0. Keypti nokkrar fyrir m\u00e1na\u00f0am\u00f3t, \u00feegar \u00e9g kom a\u00f0 utan, og er einhvern veginn bara b\u00fainn \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed n\u00fana. Fj\u00e1rhagslega, meina \u00e9g. \u00deetta eru einar sj\u00f6 b\u00e6kur sem \u00e9g hef keypt og \u00fea\u00f0 er bara n\u00f3g til a\u00f0 buga mann. Me\u00f0alver\u00f0i\u00f0 er kannski 5.500 \u2013 d\u00fdrasta 7.000 og \u00f3d\u00fdrasta um 4.000. \u00c9g hef l\u00edka fari\u00f0 \u00e1 b\u00f3kasafni\u00f0 n\u00fana og fengi\u00f0 tv\u00e6r gefins fr\u00e1 forlagi (enda \u00e1hrifavaldur!) en \u00e9g \u00fearf anna\u00f0 hvort a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a me\u00f0 a\u00f0 kaupa fleiri e\u00f0a reyna a\u00f0 gera einhverja skiptid\u00edla me\u00f0 g\u00f6mlu b\u00e6kurnar m\u00ednar. Mig langar a\u00f0 lesa eins miki\u00f0 \u00far fl\u00f3\u00f0inu og \u00e9g kemst yfir en \u00fea\u00f0 st\u00fdrist sennilega h\u00e9\u00f0an af miki\u00f0 af \u00fev\u00ed hva\u00f0 er inni \u00e1 b\u00f3kasafninu. Nema hva\u00f0. *** Ef \u00e9g \u00e6tti a\u00f0 m\u00e6la me\u00f0 einni b\u00f3k fyrir j\u00f3lin, af \u00feeim sem \u00e9g hef lesi\u00f0, myndi \u00fea\u00f0 vera Vetrargulr\u00e6tur eftir R\u00f6gnu Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttur. \u00deetta er sm\u00e1sagnasafn \u2013 me\u00f0 s\u00f6gum \u00ed lengra laginu held \u00e9g, um 50 s\u00ed\u00f0ur hver. \u00derj\u00e1r \u00feeirra fjalla um myndlistarkonur (og myndlistarsamf\u00e9lagi\u00f0, fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0i) \u00e1 20. \u00f6ld, ein um leiksk\u00f3lastarfsmann \u00ed samt\u00edmanum og ein um blindan sveitar\u00f3maga \u00e1 18. \u00f6ld. \u00deetta er kannski ekki frumlegasti e\u00f0a mest br\u00fatal textinn \u2013 \u00feeir sem hafa bara lesi\u00f0 Borg eftir R\u00f6gnu myndu sennilega ver\u00f0a hissa, en \u00fea\u00f0 er svo sem langt s\u00ed\u00f0an h\u00fan skipti um st\u00edl (einsog konan \u00ed sm\u00e1s\u00f6gunni sem yfirgefur abstraktlistina fyrir hi\u00f0 figurat\u00edfa) \u2013 en hann er einhvern veginn gegnuml\u00fdsandi \u00ed vi\u00f0kv\u00e6mni sinni, kraftmikill \u00ed tipli s\u00ednu. \u00c9g er ekki viss um a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 h\u00f6fundur \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00ed dag sem \u201eleynir jafn miki\u00f0 \u00e1 s\u00e9r\u201c og Ragna \u2013 ma\u00f0ur veit einhvern veginn varla hvar \u00fea\u00f0 gerist a\u00f0 s\u00f6gurnar n\u00e1 taki \u00e1 manni, \u00feetta er svo l\u00e1tlaust og \u00ed raun gerist svo f\u00e1tt fr\u00e9ttn\u00e6mt, en svo allt\u00edeinu er ma\u00f0ur allur kominn \u00ed hn\u00fat. Kona sem vinnur \u00e1 leiksk\u00f3la missir sj\u00f3nar \u00e1 einu leiksk\u00f3labarni og allt\u00edeinu er \u00fea\u00f0 or\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00e1lfger\u00f0um gotneskum hryllingi \u2013 sveitar\u00f3magi f\u00e6r perutr\u00e9 \u00e1 heilann og einhvern veginn kjarnar \u00fea\u00f0 alla f\u00e1t\u00e6kt og utangar\u00f0smennsku. *** \u00deetta var g\u00f3\u00f0 b\u00f3kavika. Okfruman er fyrsta lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00f3k Brynju Hj\u00e1lmsd\u00f3ttur, gefin \u00fat af Unu \u00datg\u00e1fuh\u00fasi sem h\u00f3f feril sinn bara \u00ed fyrra, held \u00e9g, me\u00f0 endur\u00fatg\u00e1fu \u00e1 endurminningum byltingarmannsins Hallgr\u00edms Hallgr\u00edmssonar. Kannski var \u00fea\u00f0 meira a\u00f0 segja bara \u00ed vor? Allavega. Brynja er n\u00fa samt ekki lj\u00f3\u00f0elskum \u00f3kunnug. H\u00fan hefur birt h\u00e9r og \u00fear \u00ed t\u00edmaritum , lesi\u00f0 upp \u00fati um hvippinn og hvappinn og st\u00fdrt, \u00e1samt Fr\u00ed\u00f0u \u00cdsberg, vins\u00e6lu lj\u00f3\u00f0apoddkasti. Okfruman er \u00f3st\u00fdril\u00e1t b\u00f3k \u2013 hef\u00f0i hugsanlega m\u00e1tt vera \u00f3st\u00fdril\u00e1tari en m\u00e9r finnst \u00fea\u00f0 n\u00fa reyndar n\u00e6stum alltaf, \u00feegar \u00e9g \u00e1 anna\u00f0 bor\u00f0 er kominn \u00e1 brag\u00f0i\u00f0. \u00c9g er almennt \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 st\u00e6rsti l\u00f6stur lj\u00f3\u00f0sk\u00e1lda s\u00e9 a\u00f0 p\u00fassa alla matta fleti og agn\u00faa af lj\u00f3\u00f0um s\u00ednum svo stemningin ver\u00f0ur meira einsog \u00e1 marmarag\u00f3lfinu \u00ed n\u00fdsk\u00faru\u00f0um banka en \u00e1 vinalegri st\u00f6\u00f0um, \u00feetta er krafan, hugmyndin um lj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 sem \u00feessa glansandi fullkomnun frekar en hina l\u00edfr\u00e6nni og (a\u00f0m\u00e9rfinnst) e\u00f0lilegri heild. Okfruman er blessunarlega laus vi\u00f0 \u00feetta \u2013 h\u00fan heldur utan um kaosi\u00f0 sitt, nostrar vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0, beislar subbuskapinn \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00fdkja hann. \u00c6\u00f0isleg b\u00f3k, \u00e6\u00f0isleg lj\u00f3\u00f0, \u00e6\u00f0islega uppsett (\u00e9g veit \u00fea\u00f0 er erfitt fyrir suma a\u00f0 lesa sm\u00e1tt letur, en miki\u00f0 er \u00fea\u00f0 fallegt), \u00e6\u00f0islegar myndir og myndlj\u00f3\u00f0. *** M\u00e9r fannst Agnes Joy ekki jafn rosalega st\u00f3rkostleg og \u00f6llum hinum sem voru me\u00f0 m\u00e9r \u00ed b\u00ed\u00f3 \u2013 en \u00fea\u00f0 er n\u00fa samt r\u00fdmi \u00fear til \u00feess a\u00f0 hafa fundist h\u00fan ansi g\u00f3\u00f0 enda \u00e1ttu sumir hreinlega erfitt me\u00f0 andardr\u00e1tt af hrifningu. \u00c9g er reyndar farinn a\u00f0 venjast \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 komi varla \u00fat n\u00fd \u00edslensk b\u00ed\u00f3mynd \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 helmingurinn af f\u00f3lkinu \u00ed kringum mig \u2013 yfirleitt sama f\u00f3lki\u00f0, aftur og aftur \u2013 l\u00fdsi \u00fev\u00ed yfir a\u00f0 N\u00daNA s\u00e9 \u00edslensk kvikmyndager\u00f0 b\u00fain a\u00f0 sl\u00edta barnssk\u00f3num og N\u00daNA hafi veri\u00f0 b\u00fain til b\u00ed\u00f3mynd sem sl\u00e1i \u00f6ll met \u00ed fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0ilegum g\u00e6\u00f0um. A\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed s\u00f6g\u00f0u er Agnes Joy skemmtileg mynd og stemningin \u00ed henni skemmtilega \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi \u2013 \u00fe\u00f3tt ekki v\u00e6ri nema bara fyrir s\u00f6gusvi\u00f0i\u00f0, Akranes, sem er alveg ofan \u00ed borginni \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 vera \u00ed borginni. A\u00f0 v\u00edsu er enn \u00fearna klisjan um sollinn \u00ed borginni versus hreinl\u00edfi\u00f0 \u00ed sveitinni, sem \u00edslensk kvikmyndager\u00f0 (og raunar \u00fatlensk l\u00edka) vir\u00f0ist seint \u00e6tla a\u00f0 hrista af s\u00e9r. S\u00f6gu\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0urinn er d\u00e1samlega miki\u00f0 kaos (altso, h\u00fan fjallar um kaos, sagan er frekar l\u00ednulega s\u00f6g\u00f0 og \u00e1n mikilla hiksta) og leikur og t\u00f3nlist eru g\u00f3\u00f0. M\u00e9r fannst kvikmyndatakan kannski ekki endilega neitt fr\u00e1b\u00e6r en kannski hef \u00e9g heldur ekkert vit \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed og kannski geldur h\u00fan fyrir a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u00edslenska mynd sem \u00e9g s\u00e1 \u2013 Hv\u00edtur, hv\u00edtur dagur \u2013 er svo brj\u00e1l\u00e6\u00f0islega vel tekin, \u00fea\u00f0 er hennar st\u00e6rsti styrkur. Agnes og mamma hennar eru rosalega vel skrifa\u00f0ir karakterar og Katla Margr\u00e9t og Donna Cruz eiga fr\u00e1b\u00e6ran leik. \u00deorsteinn Bachmann sem pabbinn var l\u00edka fr\u00e1b\u00e6r \u2013 kannski ekki jafn fr\u00e1b\u00e6r heilt yfir en svo gersamlega r\u00fasta\u00f0i hann nokkrum senum (\u00e9g meina r\u00fasta j\u00e1kv\u00e6tt), til d\u00e6mis \u00feegar hann er hress \u00e1 fyller\u00edi. Bj\u00f6rn Hlynur var sannf\u00e6randi \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 fara miki\u00f0 umfram \u00fea\u00f0 og Kr\u00f3li skila\u00f0i s\u00ednu vel og haf\u00f0i s\u00edna \u00fe\u00e6gilegu n\u00e6rveru og sjarma. Eitt trufla\u00f0i mig vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0inn. \u00dea\u00f0 er svol\u00edti\u00f0 miki\u00f0 reynt a\u00f0 pakka \u00feessu saman \u00ed lokin og af og til eru \u00fat\u00fard\u00farar sem virka einsog p\u00f3lit\u00edsk k\u00f6ll frekar en eitthva\u00f0 sem eigi heima \u00fearna. \u00dea\u00f0 er ekki endilega alltaf galli \u2013 m\u00e9r fannst til d\u00e6mis allt\u00edlagi a\u00f0 mamman l\u00fdsti sig andv\u00edga \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00e1 til leiks starfsmannaleigur \u00e1 vinnusta\u00f0 s\u00ednum. En \u00fea\u00f0 var fullmiki\u00f0 af \u00fev\u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0a \u00feegar h\u00fan haf\u00f0i \u00ed endann b\u00fai\u00f0 svo um hn\u00fatana a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 yr\u00f0u aldrei nota\u00f0ar starfsmannaleigur \u2013 \u00e9g \u00e1tta mig ekki einu sinni \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 b\u00faa svo um hn\u00fatana \u00ed kapital\u00edsku \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagi og svo var auglj\u00f3st \u00e1 \u00f6llum senum af \u00feessum vinnusta\u00f0 og fundum a\u00f0 mamman r\u00e9\u00f0i ekki neinu \u00fearna. Svo bara allt\u00edeinu r\u00e9\u00f0 h\u00fan \u00f6llu \u00feegar h\u00fan var a\u00f0 h\u00e6tta. Eitt nittpikk: \u00ed byrjun myndarinnar er keyrt framhj\u00e1 frystih\u00fasi. \u00dear stendur l\u00edtill h\u00f3pur kvenna \u00ed vinnslug\u00f6llum. Ma\u00f0ur s\u00e9r fyrir s\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r eigi a\u00f0 vera \u00fati \u00ed sm\u00f3k e\u00f0a eitthva\u00f0 \u00e1l\u00edka \u2013 kannski bara a\u00f0 f\u00e1 s\u00e9r fr\u00edskt loft. En \u00e9g held \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9u \u00e1rei\u00f0anlega 20 \u00e1r fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 var teki\u00f0 fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 starfsf\u00f3lk \u00ed matv\u00e6lavinnslu f\u00e6ri \u00fat \u00ed g\u00f6llum, me\u00f0 svuntur og h\u00e1rnet og allesammen. *** \u00d6nnur Katla. Between Mountains var a\u00f0 gefa \u00fat s\u00edna fyrstu brei\u00f0sk\u00edfu \u2013 samnefnda sveitinni, sem \u00e9g held reyndar a\u00f0 s\u00e9 bara Katla Vigd\u00eds, n\u00faor\u00f0i\u00f0, Vernhar\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir, milli n\u00e6stu fjalla \u00ed S\u00fagandafir\u00f0i. Eitthva\u00f0 held \u00e9g reyndar a\u00f0 h\u00fan s\u00e9 me\u00f0 af f\u00f3lki s\u00e9r til halds og trausts og \u00fearf ekki alltaf a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja \u00fea\u00f0 langt \u2013 br\u00e6\u00f0ur hennar eru b\u00e1\u00f0ir t\u00f3nlistarmenn og pabbi hennar er bassa- og g\u00edtarleikari til hundra\u00f0 \u00e1ra \u00far hundra\u00f0 hlj\u00f3msveitum, hlj\u00f3\u00f0ma\u00f0ur, eigandi Stu\u00f0 ehf. og \u00e9g veit ekki hva\u00f0 og hva\u00f0. M\u00e9r finnst einsog \u00e9g hafi s\u00e9\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 einhvers sta\u00f0ar \u00e1 samf\u00e9lagsmi\u00f0lum a\u00f0 \u00feeir hafi eitthva\u00f0 sessj\u00f3nspila\u00f0 \u00e1 pl\u00f6tunni. L\u00f6gin eru flest drifin \u00e1fram af anna\u00f0 hvort lyklum e\u00f0a g\u00edtar \u2013 \u00fatsetningarnar eru \u00edsmeygilegar, marglaga og stundum \u00f3v\u00e6ntar \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rin \u00fev\u00e6list neitt hvert fyrir \u00f6\u00f0ru. M\u00e9r er meinilla vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r s\u00e9u \u201esmekklegar\u201c af \u00fev\u00ed \u201esmekklegt\u201c er svo \u00e6\u00f0islega mikil klisja \u00ed t\u00f3nlist (og \u00e9g er l\u00edka hrifinn af \u00fev\u00ed sem er svol\u00edti\u00f0 \u00f3smekklegt) en sennilega eru \u00fe\u00e6r einmitt smekklegar. Fr\u00e1b\u00e6rir textar, fr\u00e1b\u00e6rar mel\u00f3d\u00edur. \u00dea\u00f0 er l\u00edka klisja a\u00f0 nefna \u00fea\u00f0 en \u00fea\u00f0 er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 algert rugl a\u00f0 Katla s\u00e9 \u2013 \u00e9g held h\u00fan s\u00e9 sautj\u00e1n \u00e1ra. Og l\u00f6ngu b\u00fain a\u00f0 vinna M\u00fas\u00edktilraunir, au\u00f0vita\u00f0. Upp\u00e1haldsl\u00f6gin m\u00edn eru fyrsta og s\u00ed\u00f0asta \u2013 Open Grounds og What Breaks Me. *** Kvikmyndakl\u00fabbur unga f\u00f3lksins horf\u00f0i \u00e1 H\u00f3tel Transylvan\u00edu. Aino valdi og Aram var fjarverandi \u00ed hrekkjav\u00f6kuveislu. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum s\u00e9\u00f0 hana \u00e1\u00f0ur einhvern t\u00edma. \u00cd grunninn fjallar sagan um hinn ofverndandi f\u00f6\u00f0ur \u2013 mann sem byggir mikinn kastala til a\u00f0 vernda d\u00f3ttur s\u00edna fyrir hinu \u00f3kunna. Sem er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 \u00fatlendur ma\u00f0ur \u2013 afmeyjarinn, \u00e1stin eina. Pabbinn l\u00e6rir svo a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er ekkert a\u00f0 \u00f3ttast \u00fe\u00f3tt litla stelpan hans ver\u00f0i fullor\u00f0in og vingast vi\u00f0 \u00fatlenda manninn, tekur hann inn \u00ed fj\u00f6lskylduna. Missir ekki d\u00f3ttur heldur eignast son. Nema me\u00f0 vamp\u00edrum og frankensteinum og \u00feannig. F\u00ednir sprettir en s\u00f6gu\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0urinn kannski doldi\u00f0 mikil klisja. *** Une Mis\u00e8re sendu fr\u00e1 s\u00e9r n\u00fdja pl\u00f6tu \u2013 Sermon. S\u00fa \u00e1 undan, 010717, h\u00e9t 39 \u00e1ra afm\u00e6lisdeginum m\u00ednum. Sennilega er \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fatg\u00e1fudagurinn. \u00c9g s\u00e1 sveitina spila \u00e1 Aldrei fyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum \u2013 \u00feetta er eitthvert rosalegasta live-band sem \u00e9g hef s\u00e9\u00f0. Krafturinn \u2013 sem er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 undirsta\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f6llum metal \u2013 er engu l\u00edkur. Hann skilar s\u00e9r a\u00f0 miklu, en ekki \u00f6llu leyti, \u00e1 \u00feessari pl\u00f6tu. Sennilega g\u00e6ti ma\u00f0ur komist n\u00e1l\u00e6gt \u00fev\u00ed me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 stilla svo h\u00e1tt a\u00f0 veggir fari a\u00f0 hristast en \u00fea\u00f0 er kannski ekki forsvaranlegt \u00feegar ma\u00f0ur \u00e1 n\u00e1granna og svona. \u00c9g er ekki viss um a\u00f0 Gylfi og Tinna t\u00e6kju \u00fev\u00ed neitt \u00e6\u00f0islega vel. En \u00feetta er klassametall af h\u00f6r\u00f0ustu tegund. Eftir \u00fev\u00ed sem harkan \u00ed metal eykst ver\u00f0ur samt alltaf erfi\u00f0ara a\u00f0 halda hinu mel\u00f3d\u00edska og\/e\u00f0a athygli hlustandans sem s\u00e6kist eftir fleiru en bara orkunni (\u00e1 t\u00f3nleikum heddbangar ma\u00f0ur og lendir \u00ed trans \u2013 heima hj\u00e1 s\u00e9r er ma\u00f0ur yfirleitt a\u00f0 sinna \u00f6\u00f0ru samt\u00edmis, einsog a\u00f0 blogga). Une Mis\u00e8re er ekki mj\u00f6g mel\u00f3d\u00edsk sveit en \u00feeim mun rytm\u00edskari \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00ed taktinum, taktskiptum, keyrslu og sl\u00f6kun, sem ma\u00f0ur f\u00e6r kikki\u00f0 sitt svona heima me\u00f0 heddf\u00f3nana. \u00c9g s\u00e1 \u00e1 samf\u00e9lagsmi\u00f0lum a\u00f0 margir f\u00e9llu fyrir henni alveg strax \u00ed fyrstu hlustun en \u00e9g var ekki almennilega k\u00e1tur fyrren \u00ed annarri og \u00feri\u00f0ju hlustun \u2013 kannski vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g haf\u00f0i eiginlega ekkert hlusta\u00f0 \u00e1 fyrri pl\u00f6tuna og haf\u00f0i miklar v\u00e6ntingar eftir \u00feessa t\u00f3nleika um \u00e1ri\u00f0. Sermon og Between Mountains komu \u00fat sama dag \u2013 1. n\u00f3vember. Og \u00feann sama dag kom l\u00edka n\u00fd plata fr\u00e1 Gr\u00edsalappal\u00edsu, sem \u00e9g er bara r\u00e9tt byrja\u00f0ur a\u00f0 hlusta \u00e1 en virkar ekki minna fr\u00e1b\u00e6r (sennilega meira um \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed n\u00e6stu viku). Rosalegur dagur fyrir \u00edslenska t\u00f3nlist. Besta lagi\u00f0 \u00e1 Sermon \u2013 hinga\u00f0 til \u2013 finnst m\u00e9r vera Burdened-Suffering. *** \u00c9g f\u00f3r \u00ed b\u00ed\u00f3 \u00e1 Motherless Brooklyn. \u00cdsafjar\u00f0arb\u00ed\u00f3 bau\u00f0 m\u00e9r og N\u00f6dju fr\u00edtt og gaf okkur meira a\u00f0 segja popp og k\u00f3k me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed. Ekki vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 \u00e1hrifavaldur, sem \u00e9g er samt, heldur vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00fe\u00fdddi b\u00f3kina sem myndin er bygg\u00f0 \u00e1. \u00dea\u00f0 var a\u00f0 eigin frumkv\u00e6\u00f0i og h\u00fan \u00e1tti upphaflega a\u00f0 koma \u00fat hj\u00e1 forlaginu Traktor, sem Sn\u00e6bj\u00f6rn Arngr\u00edmsson haf\u00f0i r\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 mig til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 um \u2013 sennilega \u00ed leit a\u00f0 einhverjum N\u00fdhillj\u00f3ma (\u00feetta var 2005, N\u00fdhil var sj\u00f3\u00f0heitt). En samskiptin \u00e1 milli okkar Sn\u00e6bj\u00f6rns voru alls ekki g\u00f3\u00f0, allt f\u00f3r \u00ed rugl og b\u00f3kin kom aldrei \u00fat hj\u00e1 Traktor \u2013 sem gaf bara \u00fat eina b\u00f3k, \u00c1fer\u00f0, fyrstu sk\u00e1lds\u00f6gu \u00d3feigs Sigur\u00f0ssonar, ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur fr\u00e1b\u00e6ra b\u00f3k, sem seldist \u00e1byggilega \u00ed 60-70 eint\u00f6kum. Salan hj\u00e1 \u00d3feigi hefur svo bara aukist, held \u00e9g. En \u00fe\u00f3 salan hafi veri\u00f0 svona g\u00f3\u00f0 dug\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 ekki til \u2013 kostna\u00f0urinn vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0inguna \u00e1 Motherless Brooklyn var of mikill og \u00fea\u00f0 jafnt \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00e9g hafi hlunnfari\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfan mig til \u00feess a\u00f0 geta komi\u00f0 \u00feessu \u00ed verk og borga\u00f0 m\u00e9r langt undir taxta. Og \u00fear sem b\u00f3kin kom ekki \u00fat var au\u00f0vita\u00f0 engin innkoma af henni. Peningarnir voru b\u00fanir og Traktornum var lagt. B\u00f3kin kom svo \u00fat tveimur \u00e1rum seinna, 2007, \u00feegar vi\u00f0 Sn\u00e6bj\u00f6rn vorum b\u00e1\u00f0ir fluttir til Skandinav\u00edu og Agla, sem n\u00fa er me\u00f0 Ang\u00fast\u00faru, og Gu\u00f0r\u00fan, sem n\u00fa er me\u00f0 Benedikt forlag, h\u00f6f\u00f0u teki\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Bjarti. Long story short \u00fe\u00e1 var henni svona b\u00e6rilega teki\u00f0 af kaupendum \u2013 f\u00f3r held \u00e9g \u00fat \u00ed einhvern b\u00f3kakl\u00fabb \u2013 og var svo til uppseld \u00feegar \u00e9g f\u00e9kk \u00cdslensku \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingarver\u00f0launin fyrir hana 2008. H\u00fan var ekki endurprentu\u00f0 \u00feeirra vegna, enda held \u00e9g a\u00f0 \u00feau ver\u00f0laun skipti litlu fyrir s\u00f6lu, og ekki heldur n\u00fana \u00ed tilefni myndarinnar (sem f\u00e6r ekki nema hlandvolga d\u00f3ma) og \u00e9g hef ekki s\u00e9\u00f0 hana nema \u00f6rf\u00e1um sinnum \u00ed G\u00f3\u00f0a hir\u00f0inum \u2013 \u00fear sem \u00e9g \u201ehir\u00f0i\u201c (ho ho) alltaf eintak ef \u00e9g s\u00e9. Og gef einhverjum. \u00c9g var ekki \u00e1 landinu og ekki \u00ed Skandinav\u00edu \u00feegar ver\u00f0launin voru afhent, heldur \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum \u00e1 lj\u00f3\u00f0ah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0. Mamma f\u00f3r til forsetans til a\u00f0 taka vi\u00f0 skjalinu en \u00e9g m\u00e6lti m\u00e9r m\u00f3t vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fund b\u00f3karinnar, Jonathan Lethem, \u00e1 kaffih\u00fasi \u00ed Brooklyn. \u00c9g man a\u00f0allega a\u00f0 \u00e9g var mj\u00f6g vandr\u00e6\u00f0alegur og afar \u00feunnur eftir miki\u00f0 gill kv\u00f6ldi\u00f0 \u00e1\u00f0ur \u2013 eftirpart\u00ed eftir m\u00fam-t\u00f3nleika \u00fear sem \u00e9g s\u00e1 FM Belfast spila \u00ed fyrsta sinn og vi\u00f0 Valur Brynjar endu\u00f0um \u00e1 tr\u00fan\u00f3 me\u00f0 einhverjum desert storm hermanni. En Lethem var hress og skemmtilegur, sem og konan hans og ungabarn \u00feeirra, og sag\u00f0i m\u00e9r a\u00f0 n\u00fa f\u00e6ri a\u00f0 styttast \u00ed bo\u00f0a\u00f0a kvikmynd Edwards Norton, \u00feetta v\u00e6ri bara allt a\u00f0 gerast. Svo lei\u00f0 og bei\u00f0 og lei\u00f0 og bei\u00f0 og \u00e9g g\u00fagla\u00f0i \u00feessu alltaf anna\u00f0 veifi\u00f0 en var steinh\u00e6ttur \u00fev\u00ed \u00feegar treilerinn bara birtist \u00e1 kvikmyndatjaldinu einhvern t\u00edma \u00ed vor. Myndin einsog b\u00f3kin fjallar um muna\u00f0arlausa einkasp\u00e6jarann Lionel Essrog, sem \u00fej\u00e1ist af tourettes. L\u00e6rifa\u00f0ir hans, Frank Minna, er skotinn \u00ed upphafi myndarinnar og deyr og Lionel fer \u00e1 st\u00fafana til a\u00f0 komast a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hva\u00f0 hafi gerst \u2013 einsog vi\u00f0 er a\u00f0 b\u00faast kemur \u00fdmislegt upp \u00far krafsinu. \u00c9g man ekki til \u00feess a\u00f0 b\u00f3kin s\u00e9 n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega t\u00edmasett en sennilega gerist h\u00fan \u00ed n\u00fdlegri fort\u00ed\u00f0 \u2013 og kemur \u00fat 1999 \u2013 nokkurn veginn \u00ed samt\u00edmanum. Hins vegar er fr\u00e1s\u00f6gnin \u00ed har\u00f0so\u00f0na reyfarast\u00edlnum \u2013 noir \u2013 ofan \u00ed tourett\u00edska k\u00e6ki Essrogs sem setja mark sitt \u00e1 b\u00e6\u00f0i st\u00edl, uppbyggingu, fram\u00fer\u00f3un s\u00f6gunnar og au\u00f0vita\u00f0 pers\u00f3nuleika Essrogs. Norton f\u00e6rir s\u00f6guna aftur til sj\u00f6tta \u00e1ratugarins, sem er \u00fe\u00e1 r\u00e9tt per\u00ed\u00f3\u00f0a fyrir noiri\u00f0, en missir \u00fear me\u00f0 \u00feessa skemmtilegu spennu sem er \u00e1 milli sagnam\u00e1tans og s\u00f6gut\u00edmans. \u00de\u00e1 blandar Norton l\u00edka miki\u00f0 inn alls kyns non-fiction um verktakaspillingu \u00ed New York. \u00cd sta\u00f0 \u00feess a\u00f0 hv\u00edla \u00e1 tourettinu sem myndl\u00edkingu fyrir mannshugann og samf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 \u2013 \u00feessu hvernig rafstraumarnir sem \u00feeytast um hausinn \u00e1 okkur hj\u00e1lpa okkur b\u00e6\u00f0i a\u00f0 skipuleggja okkur og sj\u00e1 sk\u00fdrt og \u00fev\u00e6last fyrir okkur og trufla okkur \u00ed senn \u2013 l\u00e6tur Norton s\u00f6guna hv\u00edla \u00e1 frekar beisik p\u00f3lit\u00edskri allegor\u00edu. Ma\u00f0ur s\u00e9r \u00fea\u00f0 vel ef ma\u00f0ur k\u00edkir \u00e1 d\u00f3ma um myndina annars vegar \u2013 sem rekja sams\u00e6risgl\u00e6paplottin skilmerkilega \u2013 og um b\u00f3kina hins vegar, sem nefna \u00feau ekki einu or\u00f0i og tala bara um pers\u00f3nu Lionels. \u00dea\u00f0 er margt vel gert \u00fearna. Norton fer sj\u00e1lfur mj\u00f6g varlega \u00ed t\u00falkun sinni \u00e1 Lionel \u2013 sem er \u00ed senn smekklegt og skemmtilegt og sennilega betra \u00ed woke-samf\u00e9lagi sem horfir str\u00f6ngum augum \u00e1 \u00f3fatla\u00f0an mann \u00ed f\u00f6tlu\u00f0u hlutverki, og b\u00f3kstaflega rangt (ef ma\u00f0ur gengur \u00fat fr\u00e1 b\u00f3kinni). Lionel b\u00f3karinnar l\u00ed\u00f0ur miklu, miklu meira af s\u00ednum sj\u00fakd\u00f3mi en Lionel myndarinnar. Lionel myndarinnar hefur au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ekki sama a\u00f0gengi a\u00f0 innri m\u00f3n\u00f3l\u00f3g og Lionel b\u00f3karinnar og \u00fearf \u00feess vegna st\u00f6\u00f0ugt a\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 \u00fatsk\u00fdra hugsanir s\u00ednar, sem er eitthva\u00f0 sem Lionel b\u00f3karinnar r\u00e6\u00f0ur n\u00e1nast ekki vi\u00f0 \u2013 allt sem hann gerir \u00fat \u00e1 vi\u00f0 markast af sj\u00fakd\u00f3mnum, en vi\u00f0 sem sj\u00e1um inn \u00ed h\u00f6fu\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1 honum vitum a\u00f0 \u00fear virkar sj\u00fakd\u00f3murinn allt \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi, \u00fear r\u00e6\u00f0ur Lionel sj\u00e1lfur r\u00edkjum og hugsanir hans \u00fej\u00f3na honum, \u00fear gerir sj\u00fakd\u00f3murinn hann a\u00f0 ofurhetju, ofurgreinanda. \u00cd myndinni er touretti\u00f0 miklu veikara en a\u00f0 sama skapi kannski e\u00f0lilegra \u2013 \u00e9g veit \u00fea\u00f0 ekki (tourette birtist \u00e1 \u00f3l\u00edkan h\u00e1tt, hj\u00e1 m\u00f6rgum ver\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur varla var vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 nema ma\u00f0ur viti af \u00fev\u00ed). En \u00feetta er vel leiki\u00f0. T\u00f3nlistin er skemmtileg. Myndatakan trufla\u00f0i mig oft \u2013 oft fannst m\u00e9r h\u00fan of n\u00e1l\u00e6gt leikurunum. Og \u00e9g haf\u00f0i au\u00f0vita\u00f0 \u00e6\u00f0islega gaman a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 rifja upp Lionel Essrog, sem \u00e9g eyddi eitt sinn svo miklum t\u00edma me\u00f0 \u2013 \u00fe\u00f3tt m\u00e9r hafi \u00fe\u00f3tt b\u00f3kin miklu betri. *** Kokk\u00e1ll eftir Halld\u00f3r Erf\u00f0\u2026 nei dj\u00f3k, D\u00f3ra DNA, er fr\u00e1b\u00e6r b\u00f3k. \u00dea\u00f0 vantar reyndar titilinn framan \u00e1 hana, hefur \u00e1byggilega bara gleymst. Sagan hnitar fimlega \u00ed kringum v\u00e6ntingar samf\u00e9lagsins til karlmanna og v\u00e6ntingar margra karlmanna til s\u00edn sj\u00e1lfra \u2013 h\u00fan afhj\u00fapar marga hluta \u00feessa brandarasamf\u00e9lags sem vi\u00f0 lifum \u00ed, innihaldsleysi\u00f0 og rugli\u00f0, minnir \u00e1 einhverja svona Fight Club e\u00f0a American Psycho stemningu, neysluhyggjan og greddan, \u00feunglyndi\u00f0 yfir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 eiga allt og hafa aldrei neinar helv\u00edtis \u00e1hyggjur af neinu nema ruglinu sem ma\u00f0ur b\u00fdr til sj\u00e1lfur. J\u00e1 og svo er h\u00fan bullandi ras\u00edsk. Forsendan \u00ed henni \u2013 hugmyndin sem rammar hana inn og p\u00f6nsl\u00e6ni\u00f0 sem h\u00fan endar \u00e1 \u2013 er einsog \u00ed einhverjum cringe-brandara fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed anno 1993. Svona negri gengur inn \u00e1 bar d\u00e6mi. \u00c9g er rosa hissa a\u00f0 D\u00f3ri s\u00e9 ekki hi\u00f0 minnsta canceled \u2013 ekki s\u00e9\u00f0 svo miki\u00f0 sem p\u00edp einu sinni fr\u00e1 \u00e6stasta f\u00f3lkinu \u00e1 Twitter (og vel a\u00f0 merkja m\u00f3tfallinn \u00f6llu svona canceli sj\u00e1lfur, listaverk eru fl\u00f3knari en \u00feetta, \u00feau eru sta\u00f0ur til a\u00f0 hugsa \u00e1 og hugsa um \u2013 en \u00fea\u00f0 er l\u00edka \u00e1hugavert \u00feetta me\u00f0 fr\u00edpassana). \u00cd mi\u00f0ri b\u00f3k f\u00f3r \u00e9g \u00ed mat hj\u00e1 vinum m\u00ednum, bandar\u00edkjam\u00f6nnum, og \u00e9g f\u00f3r eitthva\u00f0 a\u00f0 tala um klisjuna a\u00f0 vestfir\u00f0ingum \u00fe\u00e6tti svo gaman a\u00f0 stu\u00f0a og vinur minn h\u00e9lt yfir m\u00e9r langa r\u00e6\u00f0u um hvernig allir voru alltaf a\u00f0 segja n***ah vi\u00f0 hann, hva\u00f0 \u00feetta v\u00e6ri me\u00f0 \u00edslendinga og \u00feurfa alltaf a\u00f0 segja n***ah \u00ed t\u00edma og \u00f3t\u00edma, og \u00e9g rifja\u00f0i upp \u00e1l\u00edka s\u00f6gur fr\u00e1 Birni Kozempel, \u00fe\u00fdskum vini m\u00ednum, sem sag\u00f0i a\u00f0 \u00cdslendingum sem v\u00e6ru b\u00fanir a\u00f0 drekka meira en tvo bj\u00f3ra \u00fe\u00e6tti alltaf \u00e6\u00f0islega sni\u00f0ugt a\u00f0 \u00f6gra honum me\u00f0 hitlerskve\u00f0jum, fingraskeggjum og helfararbr\u00f6ndurum. En allavega. \u00dea\u00f0 rennur alveg nokkrum sinnum \u00e1 lj\u00f3\u00f0m\u00e6landa D\u00f3ra svona n***ah \u00e6\u00f0i. Svo \u00e9g \u00fatsk\u00fdri \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0eins \u00fe\u00e1 er n\u00f6fin sem b\u00f3kin sn\u00fdst um kynfer\u00f0islegar fantas\u00edur um svartan mann \u2013 b\u00e6\u00f0i hugsanir og ger\u00f0ir \u2013 og hugmyndir a\u00f0als\u00f6guhetjunnar um \u00feennan mann (sem er mj\u00f6g miki\u00f0 stand-in fyrir \u201esvarta manninn\u201c sem sl\u00edkan \u2013 hann f\u00e6r einhverja pers\u00f3nulega eiginleika en st\u00edgur aldrei \u00fat \u00far fantas\u00eduv\u00edddinni) markerast af \u00f3pr\u00f3blemat\u00edsera\u00f0ri upphafningu, \u00f6fund, bl\u00e6ti, hatri o.s.frv. A\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed s\u00f6g\u00f0u er ekki beinl\u00ednis sanngjarnt a\u00f0 gera afst\u00f6\u00f0u a\u00f0als\u00f6guhetjunnar a\u00f0 afst\u00f6\u00f0u b\u00f3karinnar (hva\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 afst\u00f6\u00f0u D\u00f3ra sj\u00e1lfs) \u2013 en \u00fea\u00f0 er heldur ekki h\u00e6gt skauta bara framhj\u00e1 \u00feessu grundvallaratri\u00f0i \u00ed b\u00f3kinni sem sni\u00f0ugu plot-device, og ekki h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 pr\u00f3blemat\u00edsera e\u00f0a sko\u00f0a \u00feetta \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 nefna \u00fea\u00f0. Og \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 nefna \u00fea\u00f0 r\u00e9ttum n\u00f6fnum. Vi\u00f0t\u00f6kur einsog \u201elj\u00f3mandi skemmtilegt a\u00f0 lesa \u00feessa b\u00f3k\u201c (Egill \u00ed Kiljunni) n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed einfaldlega ekki. En a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed s\u00f6g\u00f0u er b\u00f3kin samt fr\u00e1b\u00e6r, einhvern veginn. H\u00fan er miklu betur skrifu\u00f0, beittari, en miki\u00f0 af \u00feessum samf\u00e9lagskr\u00edt\u00edsku djamms\u00f6gum sem ma\u00f0ur les \u2013 og \u00fea\u00f0 er samt\u00edmis \u00ed henni meiri m\u00fdkt og l\u00edfr\u00e6nni bygging. A\u00f0als\u00f6guhetjur b\u00f3karinnar eru b\u00e6\u00f0i lj\u00f3slifandi og \u00ed sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r \u00f3t\u00fdp\u00edskar, \u00fe\u00f3tt sta\u00f0a \u00feeirra \u00ed samf\u00e9laginu s\u00e9 kunnugleg \u2013 s\u00e9u \u00fe\u00e6r klisjur \u00fe\u00e1 sigrast D\u00f3ri \u00e1 klisjueiginleikum \u00feeirra, \u00fe\u00e6r ver\u00f0a einstakar. Eins \u00f3sennilegur og s\u00f6gu\u00fer\u00e1\u00f0urinn er \u2013 ekki \u00ed einst\u00f6kum atvikum, heldur a\u00f0 \u00feetta ra\u00f0ist allt svona saman, t\u00e5rta p\u00e5 t\u00e5rta segir ma\u00f0ur \u00e1 s\u00e6nsku \u2013 \u00fe\u00e1 er hann samt aldrei \u00fevinga\u00f0ur. \u00dea\u00f0 er rosa gott m\u00fav \u00ed lokin \u00feegar tv\u00edv\u00ed\u00f0asta pers\u00f3na b\u00f3karinnar \u2013 Hrafnhildur \u2013 reynist loks alls ekki tv\u00edv\u00ed\u00f0, grunn e\u00f0a n\u00e6rri jafn miki\u00f0 f\u00edfl og ma\u00f0ur heldur fram a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed, heldur er a\u00f0als\u00f6guhetjan bara alltof upptekin af sj\u00e1lfri s\u00e9r til a\u00f0 fatta hva\u00f0 er a\u00f0 gerast \u00ed sj\u00e1lfskaparv\u00edtinu s\u00ednu. Sn\u00faningurinn \u00e1 sannleikanum um Tyrone var ekki jafn g\u00f3\u00f0ur \u2013 en sennilega merkingarb\u00e6r upp \u00e1 allt hitt og \u00f3\u00fearfi a\u00f0 l\u00edta framhj\u00e1 honum. *** G\u00edtarleikari vikunnar er Reverend Peyton \u00far Reverend Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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