The book of Reykjavik : [a city in short fiction] / edited by Vera Júlíusdóttir and Becca Parkinson ; [foreword by Sjón].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vera Júliusdóttir, editor.

Parkinson, Becca, editor.

Sjón, 1962- translator.

Series:

Reading the City

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Icelandic--Translations into English.

Short stories, Icelandic.

Reykjavík (Iceland)--Fiction.

Reykjavík (Iceland).

Iceland--Reykjavík.

Genre:

short stories.

Fiction

Short stories

Translations

Short stories.

Physical Description:

xviii, 109 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Comma Press, 2021.

Language Note:

Translated from the Icelandic.

Summary:

Iceland is a land of stories; from the epic sagas of its mythic past, to its claim today of being home to more writers, more published books and more avid readers, per head, than anywhere in the world. As its capital (and indeed only city), Reykjavik has long been an inspiration for these stories. But, as this collection demonstrates, this fishing-village-turned-metropolis at the farthest fringe of Europe has been both revered and reviled by Icelanders over the years. The tension between the city and the surrounding countryside, its rural past and urban present, weaves its way through The Book of Reykjavik, forming an outline of a fragmented city marked by both contradiction and creativity. Published with the support of the Icelandic Literature Center. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Sjon

Introduction / Vera Juliusdottir

Island / Fridgeir Einarsson ; translated by Larissa Kyzer

The Gardeners / Einar Mar Gudnudsson ; translated by Victoria Cribb

Keep Sleeping, My Love / Andri Snaer Magnason ; translated by Lytton Smith

Home / Frida Isberg ; translated by Larissa Kyzer

Two Foxes / Bjorn Halldorsson ; translated by Larissa Kyzer

Without You, I'm Half / Kristin Eirksdottir ; translated by Larissa Kyzer

Reykjavik nights / Audur Johsdottir / ; translated by Meg Matich

Incursion / Thorarinn Eldjarn ; translated by Philip Roughton

When His Eyes are on You, You're the Virgin Mary / Gudrun Eva Minervudottir ; translated by Meg Matich

The Dead are Here With Us at Christmas / Agust Borgbor Sverrisson ; translated by Lytton Smith

ISBN:

9781910974032

191097403X

OCLC:

1255888849

Publisher Number:

90104330603