“It’s quite ingrained in Icelandic culture,” he told me. As a child, Sjon says, he was taught to revere Iceland’s unique and glorious history, its people’s inherent goodness, the ancient ...

The Icelandic writer Sjón has not one but three books helping him make a mini-Scandinavian invasion. The Blue Fox, The Whispering Muse, and From the Mouth of the Whale, tales of proximity to ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Peter C. Baker RED MILK By Sjón Translated by Victoria Cribb When we met Gunnar Kampen — t ...

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Maverick Icelandic scribe Sjón, Oscar-nominated for the lyrics of Lars von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark” and co-writer of the eerie Cannes Un Certain Regard title “Lamb,” has teamed up ...

Iceland’s merry prankster—whose three short novels I reviewed in CounterPunch, May 3, 2013—has done it again, though Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is devoid of the humor of the earlier ...

It is possible to compress all one has to say about The Blue Fox by the Icelandic author Sjón in two words, “Enchantingly poetic”. However, I am afraid these won’t do, because other terms ...

"From the Mouth of the Whale," by the Icelandic poet and novelist known as Sjon, is a kind of "Robinson Crusoe" of the northern climes, an entrancing novel about the wonders and cruelty of a ...

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“From the Mouth of the Whale,” by the Icelandic poet and novelist known as Sjon, is a kind of “Robinson Crusoe” of the northern climes, an entrancing novel about the wonders and cruelty of ...

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