Customer Reviews

Prince: A Novel

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An amazing novel, that combines tragedy and comedy, myth and realism, the childhood novel and the great love story, a small, incredibly Danish society, and the dream of the adventures of the wide world... A beautiful story, beautifully written, even in translation. Despite the complex structure and "difficult" language, it is hard not to get caught by Ib Michael's writing - This is, in my opinion, his best book so far.

This is an amazing love story. A young boy plays host to the ostensible narrator of the tale, a 'guardian angel' who turns out to be one of the parties in the story of a love lost and finally found again. It ranks as one of the most beautifully written stories I have ever read.

A devoted Ib Michael reader, Danish by birth, I read Prince as soon as it was published, and as always with Michael's book, I swallowed the book, and actually had to read it again to get all the subtelties I missed in the first reading. Since Prince, Michael has published several books in Denmark, and I love them unconditionally. That man paints with words and is also at times extremely humerous, and I wish more would be translated so that I could share them with my friends abroad. Ib Michael is a remarkable writer, not only novels but poems and travel descriptions of his trips all around the world. My fullest recommendation. Inge Detlefsen

I don't have much to say that isn't up top. I liked the narrative device though it did seem to slip up now and than -- the story being told by a ghost who embodies different creatures or things. I also thought it a little odd that the boy learns to read so quickly. Hardly faults to think twice about though. It reminded me of a Merchant and Ivory picture with a kid instead and, perhaps, a little lighter.