Island

Published as [ by Lindhart og Ringhof in Copenhagen, 2016.

About the author

Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen was born in 1980 into a Faroese-Danish family. She lives in Copenhagen and works as an author and critic. Island is her critically acclaimed and internationally award-winning debut novel, as has been translated into five languages.Caroline Waight is an award-winning literary translator working from Danish, Norwegian and German. She lives and works in London.

Summary

A lyrical, moving tale of love, loss and belonging, across three generations of a Faroe Islands family.

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“A sensitive meditation on belonging.” --Kirkus Reviews

"One of the most special books I’ve read in years. Absolutely gorgeous and intimate. It took me away" -- Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins

"Island talks about places as if they were people, of fjords as if they were the wrinkles of our souls." -- Valeria Parrella, Grazia

"Prose that is as deep as the sea surrounding everything." -- Corriere della Sera

"An ode to the legends we still need." -- La Repubblica

"Dense and evocative, and manages to combine organic and lifeless matter with the fantastic." -- Wired.it

Product details

• Authors: Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen, Caroline Waight
• Assisted by: Caroline Waight (Translation)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781782275800
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-580-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary