Nordic visions : the best of Nordic speculative fiction / edited by Margrét Helgadóttir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Helgadóttir, Margrét, editor, writer of introduction.

Language:

Danish

English

Faroese

Finnish

Icelandic

Norwegian

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Scandinavian--Translations into English.

Short stories, Scandinavian.

Speculative fiction.

Scandinavian fiction--Translations into English.

Scandinavian fiction.

Genre:

Speculative fiction.

short stories.

Translations

Short stories.

Physical Description:

327 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Osney Mead, Oxford : Solaris, 2023.

Summary:

"Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, renowned for its particular sense of dark humour, featuring pacts with nature and a view of the worlds you seldom find in other places. Perhaps it is the freezing cold winter? The closeness to the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic? Maybe it's the huge ancient forests... Most have heard about Nordic crime fiction with its dark noir flare or the Icelandic Sagas. This anthology combines all that is unique about Nordic speculative fiction, from the darkest dystopian science fiction to terrifying horror. From the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a deep sense of place with social criticism, themes of loneliness and the concern for humanity's impact on the wilderness. Featuring 16 stories from the best contemporary speculative authors from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and The Faroe Islands, including John Ajvide Lindqvist, Hannu Rajaniemi, Tor Åge Bringsværd and more, many of which are appearing in English for the very first time."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sweden. She / John Ajvide Lindqvist

Lost and found / Maria Haskins

Sing / Karin Tidbeck

Denmark. The false fisherman / Kaspar Colling Nielsen

Heather country / Jakob Drud

The traveller girl / Lene Kaaberbøl

Faroe Islands. The abyss / Rakel Helmsdal

Iceland. The dreamsgiver / Johann Thorsson

Hamraborg Babylon / Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

Norway. As you wish / Tor Åge Bringsværd

The cormorant / Tone Almhjell

The day Jonas shadowed his dad / Thore Hansen

A lion roars in Longyearbyen / Margrét Helgadóttir

Finland. A bird does not sing because it has an answer / Johanna Sinisalo

Elegy for a young elk / Hannu Rajaniemi

The wings that slice the sky / Emmi Itäranta.

Notes:

"Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, renowned for its particular sense of dark humour, featuring pacts with nature and a view of the worlds you seldom find in other places. Perhaps it is the freezing cold winter? The closeness to the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic? Maybe it's the huge ancient forests... Most have heard about Nordic crime fiction with its dark noir flare or the Icelandic Sagas. This anthology combines all that is unique about Nordic speculative fiction, from the darkest dystopian science fiction to terrifying horror. From the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a deep sense of place with social criticism, themes of loneliness and the concern for humanity's impact on the wilderness. Featuring 16 stories from the best contemporary speculative authors from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and The Faroe Islands, including John Ajvide Lindqvist, Hannu Rajaniemi, Tor Åge Bringsværd and more, many of which are appearing in English for the very first time."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1837860297

9781837860296

OCLC:

1370485365

Publisher Number:

90102741492