The Dedalus book of Faroese literature / edited by Malan Marnersdóttir ; translated from the Faroese by Lindy Falk van Rooyen and Marita Thomsen and from Danish by Paul Russell Garrett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marnersdóttir, Malan, 1952- editor.

Language:

Danish

English

Faroese

Subjects (All):

Faroese fiction--Translations into English.

Faroese fiction.

Short stories, Faroese--Translations into English.

Short stories, Faroese.

Danish fiction--Faroe Islands--Translations into English.

Danish fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

398 pages ; 20 cm

Distribution:

Gardena, CA : Distributed in the USA & Canada by SCB Distributors

Place of Publication:

Sawtry, Cambs : Dedalus Limited, 2024.

Language Note:

Translated from the Faroese and the Danish.

Summary:

The Dedalus Book of Faroese Literature offers a wide-ranging selection of fiction from the end of the nineteenth century until the present day, including work by The Faroes' classic and most important contemporary authors. The Faroes is an autonomous region of Denmark and consists of 18 small islands with a population of 52,000 and is situated in the Atlantic Ocean midway between Scotland and Iceland. It is almost incredible that such a small country could have produced such a wonderful and extensive literature in two languages. Even more incredible is that it produced two of the greatest Scandinavian authors of the twentieth century William Heinesen and Jorgen-Frantz Jacobsen. The twenty-seven texts of The Dedalus Book of Faroese Literature take the reader on a voyage of discovery as they fall under the spell of these windswept islands.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1912868997

9781912868995

OCLC:

1333078998

Publisher Number:

90102182768