Sjón - Böcker

Sjón har skrivit en kort och kärnfull roman, som både är grym och vacker. På några få sidor lyckas han skapa stark spänning och skildra såväl kärlek som ondska och hämnd. Om och om igen får händelser nya betydelser allteftersom detaljer kommer upp...

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Nattarbete är en mångbottnad och drömlik diktsamling. Med sitt karaktäristiska bildspråk väcker Sjón tankar om mänskligheten och den värld i vilken vi befinner oss. Myter och mystik vävs samman med det vardagliga samt ensamheten och isoleringen un...

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Sjóns trilogi Codex 1962 är en hisnande färd genom 1900-talet berättad av Josef Löwe, född 1962, eller snarare en gång skapad av lera av juden Leo Löwe och hans tyska älskarinna och fraktad i en hattlåda till Island under flykten från Tyskland. Sj...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 'A masterpiece . . . I challenge any author to top it!' Sigridur Alberstsdottir, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Josef Loewe enters the world as a lump of clay - carried in a hatbox by his...

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"Mästerligt bra" Kristofer Folkhammar, Aftonbladet Det är 1918 i Reykjavik, året då Island blir självstyrande. Ute i världen pågår första världskriget. Spanska sjukan härjar och når också Island. Tusentals människor blir sjuka och dör. V...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 Winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize 'Enchantingly poetic . . . spellbinding . . . magical . . . exceptional' Independent On a stark Icelandic mountainside, the imposing Reverend Baldur Sk...

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An Icelandic saga for the modern age. Jonas, a poet and self-taught healer, has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct, having fallen afoul of the local magistrate. Banished to a barren island, Palmason recalls an exorcism of a walking corp...

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"Sublime . . . A work of coy humor and shape-shifting magic ." - The Wall Street Journal Sjón's novels have been championed by a veritable pantheon of literary luminaries: Junot Díaz, David Mitchell, A. S. Byatt, Hari Kunzru, and Alberto...

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The mind-bending miniature historical epic is Sjón's specialty, and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is no exception. But it is also Sjón's most realistic, accessible, and heartfelt work yet. It is the story of a young man on the fringes of a soci...

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Already celebrated far beyond his native Iceland, the novels of Sjon arrive on waves of praise from writers, critics, and readers worldwide. Sjon has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland...

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From the Mouth of the Whale is an Icelandic saga for the modern age. The year is 1635. Iceland is a world darkened by superstition, poverty, and cruelty. Men of science marvel over a unicorn's horn, poor folk worship the Virgin in secret, and both...

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Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prize-the Nordic world's highest literary honor- Sjon's The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-b...

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The mind-bending miniature historical epic is Sjon's specialty, and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is no exception. But it is also Sjon's most realistic, accessible, and heartfelt work yet. It is the story of a young man on the fringes of a soci...

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'Bursting with creativity, wit and intelligence' Brian EnoHow can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can't trust the media any longer, but there's no need t...

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Spanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962 -twenty years in the making-is Sjón's epic three-part masterpiece Over the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the worl...

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Wicked problems are complex, ill-structured, human problem situations. This book will help you design an inquiry and intervention in such messy, wicked situations. It does so by guiding you through the steps and stages of a systemic process that a...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize 'An extraordinary and original writer' A.S. Byatt on Sjon Reykjavik, 1918. The eruptions of the Katla volcano darken the sky night and day. Yet despite the na...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 'A terrific read...an extraordinarily accomplished novel' Independent 'Kaleidoscopic and mesm...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 'Funny, strange, provoking and disturbing; darkness with a light touch.' TLS A master storyteller, Sjon weaves together Greek and Nordic myths with the legacies of the Second World War in this mesm...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 'A book like a blade of light, searching out and illuminating the darkest corners of history . . . It's vivid, unputdownable, alive, and written with unerring artfulness and subtlety.' Neel Mukherj...

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 'A book like a blade of light, searching out and illuminating the darkest corners of history . . . It's vivid, unputdownable, alive, and written with unerring artfulness and subtlety.' Neel Mukherj...

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The Northman: A Call to the Gods is the official look at how this epic Viking revenge thriller was conceived, written, cast, and produced by acclaimed director Robert Eggers. Set against the ruthless backdrop of tenth-century Norse territory, The ...

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The best fiction from across the Nordic region, selected and introduced by Sjon - Iceland's internationally renowned writerThe North: home of epic storytelling, birthplace of the saga, where stories of human survival have long been sculpted b...

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BJÖRK: »Niemand verbindet Herz und Verstand poetischer als SJÓN.« Island 1918: Die Spanische Grippe versehrt das Land, Vulkan Katla verdunkelt den Himmel und Island erhält endlich seine Unabhängigkeit. Zeiten des Aufruhrs und Aufbruchs. Mittendrin...

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Im Winter bläst der Nordwind eisig über die Lavafelsen. Es herrscht Dunkelheit, als ob das Ende der Welt naht. Im Sommer sind die Nächte hell wir der Tag, und die Hügel duften am Morgen nach taufeuchtem Gras. Das ist Island um 1636, und dort lebt ...

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Liebesgeschichte - Kriminalgeschichte - Science-Fiction. In seiner Trilogie »CoDex 1962« zieht der Isländer Sjón alle erzählerischen Register. Kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs begegnen sich in einem norddeutschen Gasthof das Zimmermädchen Mari...

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Im Winter blÿst der Nordwind eisig über die Lavafelsen. Es herrscht Dunkelheit, als ob das Ende der Welt naht. Im Sommer sind die Nÿchte hell wie der Tag, und die Hügel duften am Morgen nach taufeuchtem Gras. Das ist Island um 1636, und dort l...

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BJÿRK »Niemand verbindet Herz und Verstand poetischer als SJÿN.«Island 1918: Die Spanische Grippe versehrt das Land, Vulkan Katla verdunkelt den Himmel und Island erhÿlt endlich seine Unabhÿngigkeit. Zeiten des Aufruhrs und Aufbruchs. Mitten...

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Liebesgeschichte - Kriminalgeschichte - Science-Fiction. In seiner Trilogie »CoDex 1962« zieht der Islÿnder Sjón alle erzÿhlerischen Register. Kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs begegnen sich in einem norddeutschen Gasthof das Zimmermÿdche...

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Island im Winter 1883. Abba wird zu Grabe getragen, aber nicht sie, sondern Steine liegen im Sarg. Fridrik beerdigt die Leiche lieber im eigenen Garten, als sie Pastor Baldur zu überlassen. Denn der hütet ein dunkles Geheimnis. In einer poetisch k...

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