Angels Of The Universe
(EINAR MAR GUDMUNDSSON)
In the first part of Angels of the Universe Paul
tells his life story, going back to his grandparents and his birth in 1949, on
the day that Iceland
joined NATO. What might otherwise be the tale of an innocent, untroubled
childhood in Reykjavik
is overshadowed from the beginning by flash-forwards to his later mental
illness and by the physical presence of the asylum Klepp where he will be
institutionalized. And part two describes Paul''s time in and out of Klepp, and
some of the friends he makes: Oli Beatle believes he wrote the music of the
Beatles; the otherwise dapper Viktor has become obsessed by the figure of Adolf
Hitler; and Peter is a Sino-phile waiting for a doctorate from Beijing.
It''s a sad and poignant story, but one told with warmth and humor; in the
balance Angels of the Universe is uplifting rather than depressing.
The terrors of schizophrenia and institutionalization are conveyed, but remain
more distant than the joys Paul and his friends find in life. And, though
intensely personal, Angels of the Universe also offers an unusual view
of Icelandic society, both of its treatment of the mentally ill and more
generally.
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