{"id":8729,"date":"2017-02-12T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:29:01","slug":"arctic-chill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/8729","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Chill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arctic Chill<\/a><\/em> (2005\/2009) Arnaldur Indridason<\/a> translated by Bernard Scudder and Victoria Cribb<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This story opens with the finding of a dead child.<\/p>\n

\u2018Where do you think he\u2019s from?\u2019 Sigurdur \u00d3li wondered. <\/p>\n

\u2018He looks Asian to me,\u2019 El\u00ednborg said. <\/p>\n

\u2018Could be Thai, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese,\u2019 Sigurdur \u00d3li reeled off. <\/p>\n

\u2018Shouldn\u2019t we say he\u2019s an Icelander until we find out otherwise?\u2019 Erlendur said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018The boy who found him\u2026\u2019 Sigurdur \u00d3li began. <\/p>\n

\u2018Yes,\u2019 Erlendur said, turning round. <\/p>\n

\u2018He\u2019s also col\u2026\u2019 Sigurdur \u00d3li hesitated. <\/p>\n

\u2018What?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018An immigrant kid,\u2019 Sigurdur \u00d3li said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that right there is why despite everything I like Erlendur.<\/p>\n

And this bit, taking Sigurdur \u00d3li down a notch, amuses me.<\/p>\n

She took one look at Sigurdur \u00d3li, with his short, precise haircut, tidily knotted tie, white shirt and black raincoat over a dark suit, and interrupted before he could even introduce himself. \u2018No thanks.\u2019 She smiled. \u2018I don\u2019t even believe in God.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This story is also a look at racism and nativism on Iceland.<\/p>\n

\u2018There was no clash,\u2019 Kjartan said. \u2018We had a bit of an argument. He seems to think it\u2019s all right: the more foreigners that pour into this country the better. He never produces anything but that old left-wing bollocks. I told him so. He got a bit angry.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018I was eighteen years old,\u2019 Kjartan said. \u2018It was kids\u2019 stuff. You can imagine. Fathers of Iceland! Only kids come up with that sort of crap. Teenagers trying to sound big.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018I know plenty of eighteen year olds who couldn\u2019t even spell Weimar Republic.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a second story, of woman who went missing weeks earlier, that Erlendur keeps at, but it’s the story of the murdered boy, his brother, and his mother that are the heart of this story.<\/p>\n

Interesting words and phrases:
\ntetchy
\nwindcheater
\nmince
\nchivvy
\ntip
\nyobbos<\/p>\n

Let me close with this lovely and heartbreaking passage:<\/p>\n

\u2018You didn\u2019t cry,\u2019 Erlendur said. Gudn\u00fd, who was sitting with them, interpreted. <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve cried enough,\u2019 she said. <\/p>\n

Gudn\u00fd translated Sunee\u2019s words, her eyes on Erlendur. <\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t want to worry him too much,\u2019 Sunee said. \u2018It will make it harder for him to get to heaven. It will be harder if he has to swim through my tears.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Minotaur Books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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