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Valur Gunnarsson: FBR and LC influenced novel (YouTube)

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:53 pm
by jarkko
From Valur Gunnarsson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QXW8ykKpc
Montreal1966/Reykjavik Is Cold.

Valur Gunnarsson reads from his forthcoming, Leonard Cohen influenced novel "The Last Lover" and performs Famous Blue Raincoat in Icelandic, with subtitles retranslated into English on orders from Cohen himself. Video made by Silja Hrund Barkardóttir (Silja Hansen). Opening song written and performed by Jón Gunnar Þórarinsson.

Re: Valur Gunnarsson: FBR and LC influenced novel (YouTube)

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:02 am
by HelenOE
That was extremely interesting, especially the back-translation, seeing how the song was localized to Iceland. Thank you!