Books set in Iceland (62)
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La mujer de verde by Arnaldur Indridason ES
IcelandDescription:
Unos obreros de la construcción descubren un esqueleto humano mientras trabajan en una urbanización de Reykiavik. Años antes, esa parte de la ciudad era todo colinas, y Erlendur y su equipo esperan que se trate de un caso típico de desaparición; quizá alguien una vez se perdió en la nieve y ha permanecido enterrado durante décadas. Pero las colinas tienen más de una trágica historia que contar: relaciones fallidas y angustias, la ira, la violencia doméstica y el miedo, la lealtad familiar y la vergüenza de la familia. Pocas personas quedan aún con vida que puedan contar la historia, y los secr... continue
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Las marismas by Arnaldur Indridason ES
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Holberg, un camionero de sesenta y nueve años, aparece asesinado en el sótano de su casa en el barrio de Las Marismas, en Reikiavik, junto a una nota incompleta de lo que aparenta una confesión -"Yo soy el..."-, que sólo cobrará sentido para Erlendur y su inseparable Sigurdur Óli cuando encuentran la foto de la tumba de una niña. Sin embargo, esa niña, fallecida hace más de cuarenta años, no fue asesinada. ¿Qué significa entonces el mensaje del misterioso Holberg, a quien nadie parece conocer? El drama que esconde la biografía del viejo y la exhumación del cadáver de la niña provocará el regre... continue
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Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir EN
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A grisly, chilling Icelandic thriller from a fantastic new voice in crime fiction.
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Magma by Thora Hjoerleifsdottir EN
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A poetic, highly poisonous cocktail of alienated love, sex and pain and a young woman's haunting experience in an era of pornification, by one of Iceland's most provocative writers.
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Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy EN
AustraliaDescription:
'An extraordinary novel... as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever read' Emily St. John Mandel A dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive. Franny Stone is determined to go to the end of the earth, following the last of the Arctic terns on what may be their final migration to Antarctica. As animal populations plummet, Franny talks her way onto one of the few remaining boats heading south. But as she and the eccentric crew travel further from shore and safety, the dark secrets of Franny's life begin to unspool. Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she ... continue
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Miss Iceland by Audur Ava Olafsdottir EN
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The extraordinary new novel from Nordic Council Literature Prize-winning Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Miss Iceland tells the incisive story of Hekla, a brilliant young woman named after an active volcano who longs to make it as a writer in 1960s Iceland
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Moonstone : The Boy Who Never Was: A Novel by Sjón EN
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Reykjavik, 1918. The eruptions of the Katla volcano darken the sky night and day. Yet despite the natural disaster, the shortage of coal and the Great War still raging in the outside world, life in the small capital goes on as always. Sixteen-year-old Mani Steinn lives for the movies. Awake, he lives on the fringes of society. Asleep, he dreams in pictures, the threads of his own life weaving through the tapestry of the films he loves. When the Spanish flu epidemic comes ashore, killing hundreds of townspeople and forcing thousands to their sick beds, the shadows that linger at the edges of ex... continue
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Njal's Saga by Unknown EN
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Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, Njal's Saga tells the compelling stor... continue