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Dec 3, 2019 · In Olaf Olafsson’s novel “The Sacrament,” a nun’s investigation of abuse allegations rekindles troubling memories from her own past.
Dec 3, 2019 · The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims. A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland.
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- Olaf Olafsson
Dec 3, 2019 · Locked in a broom closet as punishment for a minor offense, Icelandic Catholic schoolboy Unnar witnesses Father August Frans fall from a bell tower to his death in 1987. French nun Sister Johanna Marie is in Reykjavik at the time investigating anonymous charges of abuse against August Frans.
- Olaf Olafsson
Dec 3, 2019 · Reviewed by: Lynne Hugo. “beautifully crafted, unusually structured novel about the inescapability of memory, the tragic scars left by trauma and abuse, and the abuse of power.” Olaf Olafsson opens his sixth novel, The Sacrament, with a powerful scene: cruel abuse by a nun directed at a young boy in her Icelandic classroom.
- Olaf Olafsson
In The Sacrament, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth.
Dec 30, 2019 · The crisp, understated prose of Olaf Olafsson's searing novel The Sacrament and the novel’s chilly Icelandic setting belie the burning tension that blazes under the surface.
Sep 1, 2020 · In THE SACRAMENT, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth.
