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Codex 1962 / Sjón ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb.
Van Pelt Library PT7511.S62 C6313 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sjón, 1962- author.
- Standardized Title:
- CoDex 1962. English
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Genre:
- Epic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 517 pages ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Sjón's epic three-part masterpiece, weaving together ancient and modern material and folklore and cosmic myths, CoDex 1962 encompasses genre fiction, theology, expressionist film, comic strips, Fortean studies, genetics, and the rich tradition of Icelandic storytelling" -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I . Thine eyes did see my substance : a love story
- Part II. Iceland's thousand years : a crime story
- Part III. I'm a sleeeping door : a sci-fic story
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Icelandic in 2016 by JPV Publishing; Iceland. English translation originally published in 2018 by Sceptre, Great Britain" -- Verso title page.
- Contains:
- Sjón, 1962- Augu þín sáu mig. English.
- Sjón, 1962- Með titrandi tár. English.
- Sjón, 1962- Ég er sofandi hurð. English.
- ISBN:
- 9780374125639
- 0374125635
- OCLC:
- 1040206718
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