Book Review: Storm Birds by Einar Karason tranlsated by Quentin Bates
on Sheila Ash (India), 28/Nov/2022 11:31, 34 days ago
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Storm BirdsbyEinar KárasonMy rating:3 of 5 starsThis slim little paperback of 110 pages found on my local libraries
shelves was a delight. The story of the efforts for survival by the crew
of an Icelandic fishing trawler as they battle severe weather in the
North Atlantic whilst out fishing for highly valued redfish. Although
fiction it undoubtedly draws upon Icelanders experiences of fishing in
the late 1950s when it was one of the most deadly occupations in the
world. They battle continually against massive ice build up, each new
wave of sea water recreating the ice they seaman have chipped away from
the deck and its machinery. Each wave lurching the boat onto its side,
its stubborn refusal to return to the upright. Days and nights with out
sleep the Captain tries everything to lighten the trawler, to escape the
freezing winds. The engineers try to keep the engine running. The cooks
makes meals to keep the seam's energy levels up for their work. Touch
and go for 4 days. I felt I was there, being tossed about, feeling the
cold deep into me.This is a story which anyone who has been to sea
will like, anyone who has survived a life threatening storm, readers who
like books likeThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Seaand movies like All is Losthttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017038/.View all my reviewsashramblings
