Vacation is just around the corner, and the feed will now be flooded with pictures of planned summer readings. Piles of eminent management books, in English or American to get to the contents quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No thanks. For me, vacation is part of my self-defense. I\u2019m letting go of all feelings of guilt and obligation, not wanting to contribute to the self-destruction so applauded in our culture. A few weeks of unplugging and blissful relaxation is just what I need. My summer reading is just one book, and I\u2019ve already read it many times. Still looking forward to hours in the proverbial hammock with this one, it\u2019s almost like spending time with an old friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For years and years, my favorite novel was Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez\u2019 \u201cA Hundred Years of Solitude\u201d. I\u2019ve read it countless times, its magical and exotic universe coupled with a complicated family legend \u2013 deservedly awarded the Nobel Prize. Since 2012 however, I\u2019m having a new favourite: Kim Leine\u2019s \u201cThe Prophets of Eternal Fjord\u201d. I\u2019m reading it in Danish to really indulge in every nuance of the story, but it\u2019s available in many languages. The story is about Greenland\u2019s movement to liberate from Danish colonialism, told from the viewpoint of a Danish priest and set in the late parts of the 1700\u2019s. It is every bit as magical and amazing as the M\u00e1rquez novel, a quiet, gripping story of Nordics and the Arctics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enjoy summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vacation is just around the corner, and the feed will now be flooded with pictures of planned summer readings. Piles of eminent management books, in English or American to get to the contents quickly. No thanks. For me, vacation is part of my self-defense. I\u2019m letting go of all feelings of guilt and obligation, not … <\/p>\n