Gentan í verðini

Tann innhugsna Gentan í verðini er og ferðast hjá abbanum og ommuni á bygd onkuntíð seinast í trýssunum. Hon er mest saman við teimum vaksnu har í húsinum – abbanum, sum hon ikki ræðist, sjálvt um hann hevur stutt fjús og ofta trampar av øði, ommuni, sum ræðist gjóstur og helst situr inni og leggur kabal, tí ungu og forkelaðu mostrini, sum í heilum er í Havn og vitjar gubba sín, og gummuni, sum hevur verið húshjálp hjá teimum í ein mansaldur.

Gentan roynir sum best at skilja alt tað, sum tey vaksnu siga og gera, og tað, sum tey ikki siga ella gera.

Hví sova abbin og omman í hvør sínum kamari?

Hvat er við donsku prestafrúuni, sum hevur asfalt í blóðinum?

Hví man mostirin fáa so nógvar pengar frá gubbanum?

Hví fóru bæði abbin og gumman oman til tað stóra vatnið, tá ið omman var farin í song?

Og fer gumman veruliga at fara avstað við norðinginum, sum so gjarna vil hava hana norður í myrkrið við sær?

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The introverted girl is visiting her grandparents in a small town in the late sixties. She mostly spends her time with the adults in the house – the grandfather, whom she is not afraid of, despite his short temper and angry stomping, the grandmother, who fears the draught of cool air and prefers staying indoors, playing solitaire, the young and spoiled aunt, who spends most of her time in Havn visiting her godfather, and the godmother, who has worked as a maid in the house for as long as anyone can remember.

The girl tries to understand the things that the adults say and do, as well as the things that they don’t say and do.

Why do the grandfather and grandmother sleep in separate bedrooms?

What is the story with the minister’s Danish wife with asphalt in her veins?

Why does the aunt receive a lot of money from the godfather?

Why did the grandfather and aunt go to the big lake after the grandmother had gone to bed?

And will the godmother actually elope with the man from the Northern islands, who wants to bring her with him to the darkness of the north?

© 2025 Sprotin (Lydbog): 9789997216137

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 13. juli 2025