The Promise of Iceland
Author: Gislason, Kari
ISBN: 9780702239069
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 196mm x 131mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
In 1990, at the age of seventeen, Kári Gíslason travelled to Iceland, the land of his birth, and arranged to meet his father. What he found was not what he expected. Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, Kári moved regularly between Iceland, England and Australia. He grew up aware of who his father was, but understood his mother had promised never to reveal his father's identity. It was a promise his father was to also elicit from him when they met. A decade later, Kári made the decision to break the promise and he contacted his half-siblings, who knew nothing of his existence. What led him there and what followed makes for a heartfelt and riveting journey over landscapes, time and memory, searching for a sense of belonging. 'Their love meant it would always be just me and my mother, a lone parent with a lone child . . . supported by the promise made to Gísli, and the promise of Iceland that it offered.'
ISBN: 9780702239069
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 196mm x 131mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
In 1990, at the age of seventeen, Kári Gíslason travelled to Iceland, the land of his birth, and arranged to meet his father. What he found was not what he expected. Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, Kári moved regularly between Iceland, England and Australia. He grew up aware of who his father was, but understood his mother had promised never to reveal his father's identity. It was a promise his father was to also elicit from him when they met. A decade later, Kári made the decision to break the promise and he contacted his half-siblings, who knew nothing of his existence. What led him there and what followed makes for a heartfelt and riveting journey over landscapes, time and memory, searching for a sense of belonging. 'Their love meant it would always be just me and my mother, a lone parent with a lone child . . . supported by the promise made to Gísli, and the promise of Iceland that it offered.'
