Cédric H. Roserens
Autor(a) de Happísland: The short but not too brief tale of a Swiss spy in Iceland
About the Author
Obras de Cédric H. Roserens
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1974
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Switzerland
- Local de nascimento
- Martigny-Bourg, Wallis, Schweiz
- Locais de residência
- Geneva, Switzerland
Rejkavik, Iceland
Membros
Resenhas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Membros
- 24
- Popularidade
- #522,742
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 5
- Idiomas
- 1
What's it about? In under 40 pages, M. Roserens tells the story of how Switzerland is no longer the best country to live in. Iceland has conquered that throne in the Classement Dubreuil, a ranking of countries based on the peoples' quality of life.
As the Swiss don't like being second, the government sent someone over - in the context of a so-called touristic project - to investigate life in Iceland. How and where do people live? What do they eat and drink? How do they spend their (spare) time? What's the weather like over there? What's the language like? And so on and so forth.
To not arouse suspicion (of his political mission), our character tells in 12 letters - at the end of each month - to his mother (Trudi) about his experiences. Each letter deals with a different aspect of Iceland. Also, our character is staying with a few locals, as a housemate.
Instead of presenting such data in a dry way, Cédric H. Roserens - who has spent some time in Iceland, so this is kind of a short presentation of his view on the country - presented it in quite an original package, I'd say.
Even if it's short - a little too short? - I found it quite interesting and well done. He could easily write a sequel and focus on other aspects. But with this short and quick read, the author's given an inviting look on (some of) Iceland's characteristics.… (mais)