Burial Rites Natan Quotes

Natan Ketilsson fetched his wife from heaven’s gate.

Natan non credeva al peccato. Diceva che sono i difetti del carattere a definire ciascun uomo

Perhaps it is a shame that I have vowed to keep my past locked up within me. At Hvammur, during the trial, they plucked at my words like birds. Dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush. They did not let me say what happened in my own way, but took my memories of Illugastadir, of Natan, and wrought them into something sinister; they wrested my statement of that night and made me seem malevolent. Everything I said was taken from me and altered until the story wasn’t my own

Nessuno capirebbe cosa significasse conoscere Natan. Inanellavamo con cura le parole, impilandole l'una sull'altra, senza lasciare spazi vuoti. Ognuno di noi innalzava una torre: due torri di segnalazione, come quelle che vengono poste lungo le strade per guidare i viandanti quando fa brutto tempo. Ci siamo visti attraverso la nebbia, attraverso la soffocante ripetitività della vita.