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Reading Beyond Halldór Laxness: One U.S.-Based Writer’s take
Want to deepen your relationship with Icelandic literature in English translation but don’t know where to start? We’ve asked US-based professor of literature, Jenna Grace Sciuto, what she’d suggest, continuing here with what one should read beyond Halldór Laxness. Spending her summers…
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Get Your Read On: The Lodger & Story of the Blue Planet
Feel like running away from work and reading a book under a tree? We feel you, tbh. Here are some English-translated Icelandic books you could choose. Andri Snær Magnason – Story of the Blue Planet This deceptively simple book comes bearing a…