Children in Reindeer Woods
In Children in Reindeer Woods, Krist铆n 脫marsd贸ttir, who is also a playwright, presents an interesting reflection on war. On what is introduced as a peaceful day, three paratroopers invade the temporary home for children where Billie lives and kill everyone except Billie right in front of her. Unexpectedly, one soldier ...
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Latest Review: "The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning" by Hallgr铆mur Helgason
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Larissa Kyzer on Hallgr铆mur Helgason’s The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning, which AmazonCrossing brought out this past January. It may be due to my Icelandic Crush, but of all the books AmazonCrossing has brought out so far, this is the one that most ...
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The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning
Former soldier and current hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York, Tomislav Bok拧i膰, nicknamed Toxic, has dispatched roughly 125 people. It糖心传媒檚 a fully ingrained way of life for Toxic糖心传媒攈e feels 糖心传媒渞estless if three months go by without firing a gun糖心传媒澨切拇綌and takes pride in his professionalism. As a 糖心传媒渢riple ...
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Children in Reindeer Woods Giveaway
For all you GoodReads users, we’re giving away 10 copies of Kristin Omarsdottir’s Children in Reindeer Woods though their special program. To enter, simply click on the button below before March 31st. In terms of this book, it’s a very intriguing novel that’s kind of like a war book that’s not ...
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Latest Review: "The Greenhouse" by Audur Ava Olafsdottir
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Larissa Kyzer on Audur Ava Olafsdottir’s The Greenhouse, which is available from AmazonCrossing in Brian FitzGibbon’s translation from the Icelandic. As Larissa—one of our excellent contributing reviewers, who loves the Scandinavian and is starting ...
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The Greenhouse
2011 has been a banner year for Icelandic literature on the international stage. 糖心传媒淔abulous Iceland糖心传媒 was this year糖心传媒檚 guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and in August, UNESCO named the Reykjav铆k as one of its five Cities of Literature—the only such city where English is not the native language. Perhaps even ...
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"Children in Reindeer Woods" by Kristin 脫marsd贸ttir [Icelandic Literature]
We’re bringing Lytton Smith’s translation of Children in Reindeer Woods next April, which is a ways off, I know, but it still seems like the perfect time to introduce this strange, haunting novel. This novel takes place at a “temporary home for children” called Children in Reindeer Woods, where ...
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