issue 15 2014
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A Stirring Depiction of Human Loneliness
Lóa, a distraught single mother whose eldest daughter suffers from a severe case of anorexia, drives out to Akranes one evening for an unclear reason. Along the way, her car blows a tire, cutting her mysterious journey short. She pulls into what…
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Soup And Salad, Lunch Not Dinner
‘Kryddlegin hjörtu’ is the Icelandic translation of the title of Laura Esquivel’s novel ‘Como agua para chocolate’ or, as it is known in English-speaking countries, ‘Like Water for Chocolate.’ The story was made into a feature film, which proved a massive hit…
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Bloody Young People Don’t Vote!
It is an age-honoured tradition to blame young people for things that are wrong in society—its moral degradation is invariably due to the youth’s laziness, lack of education, and perverse taste. Although youngsters, much like immigrants and the fair people of Florida,…
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Tölting Through The Lava Fields
“This is Stormur,” says the German staff member at Íshestar as she hands me the reins of my horse for the morning. She leaves us to get acquainted, and I pet Stormur’s soft nose, barely able to contain my glee. With impatience,…
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Americans Love Iceland: SATW Does Reykjavík
A couple of weeks ago I was hiking on a trail about 90 minutes from my home in Portland, Oregon, USA. I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen for a year. I asked her what she’d been up to. “Oh, I…
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Does Spain Have It All Wrong?
Èric Lluent is a journalist from Barcelona, Spain who recently published a book, ‘Iceland 2013: A Story Of Deception,’ about the illusion and the reality of the Pots and Pans Revolution of late 2008 and early 2009 and its aftermath. Èric, who first…
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So What’s This Support For Scottish Independence I Keep Hearing About?
A number of prominent Icelanders cheered on the Scottish independence movement during the run-up to the September 18 referendum deciding whether Scotland should leave the United Kingdom. Among notable Icelanders who expressed support for the Yes movement were comedian and former Reykjavík…
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Pop Vomit
On the wall of a dark room in Reykjavík’s Hafnarhusið art museum, a stream of brightly coloured icons is fizzing out of the ground. Triggered by the tiniest sound, they erupt onto the wall at every footstep or word, tumbling into a…