Dark Blue Winter Overcoat - And Other Stories From the North

The best fiction from across the Nordic region, selected and introduced by Sjon - Iceland's internationally renowned writer

About the author

Born in Reykjavik in 1962, Sjón is a celebrated Icelandic author. He won the Nordic Council's Literary Prize for his novel The Blue Fox and the novel From the Mouth of the Whale was shortlisted for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was was awarded the 2013 Icelandic Literary Prize. Also a poet, librettist and lyricist, he has worked with his countrywoman Björk, written three operas and published eleven volumes of poetry. His novels have been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Reykjavik with his wife and two children.

Summary

The best fiction from across the Nordic region, selected and introduced by Sjon - Iceland's internationally renowned writer

Foreword

The best fiction from across the Nordic region, selected and introduced by Sjon - Iceland's internationally renowned writer

Product details

• Authors: Various Authors, X Various Authors, Ted Hodgkinson, Sjon, Ted Sjon Hodgkinson, VARIOUS
• Assisted by: Various Authors (Translation), VARIOUS (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781782273820
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-382-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), Anthologies (non-poetry), Anthologies, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general