Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter's territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before[...]

Already celebrated far beyond his native Iceland, the novels of Sjon arrive on waves of praise from writers, critics, and readers worldwide. Sjon has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland's other literary superstar, the Nobel Prize winner H[...]

In the chilling aftermath of Iceland's Lutheran Reformation in 1635, Jonas Palmason - a poet, naturalist and self-taught healer - has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct. Sitting on a barren island, he contemplates his life in a country that has become gripped by feverish superstition and[...]

Eletään vuotta 1949. Tanskassa asuva islantilainen Valdimar Haraldsson kutsutaan rahtilaivamatkalle Mustallemerelle. Valdimar on tiedemies, jonka mukaan ihmisten hyvinvointi ja terveys riippuu kalasta. Hän on näkevinään todisteita asiasta kaikkialla ja uskoo jopa Rooman valtakunnan tuhon johtu[...]