"Tom谩s J贸nsson, Bestseller" Release Day!
Fans of challenging, cerebral, modernist epics, rejoice! Today marks the official release date of T贸mas J贸nsson, Bestseller by Gu冒bergur Bergsson, a masterpiece of twentieth-century Icelandic literature, the fifth Icelandic work Open Letter has published to date. This is a book that is sure to launch a thousand ...
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Win a Copy of "T贸mas J贸nsson, Bestseller" by Gudbergur Bergsson from GoodReads!
As you may already know, T贸mas J贸nsson, Bestseller, translated by Lytton Smith, is going to be the second Two Month Review title. This “season” will take place in August and September, but you can get a head start by winning a copy of the book through GoodReads. If you’re a GoodReads user, all you have to ...
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Latest Review: "The Indian" by J贸n Gnarr
The latest addition to our Reviews section is a piece by P. T. Smith on J贸n Gnarr’s The Indian, translated by Lytton Smith and out this month from Deep Vellum. J贸n Gnarr is an actor, punk rocker, comedian, and author who created the satirical 鈥淏est Party鈥 in Iceland and, against all odds, rose to become major of ...
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The Indian
The opening of J贸n Gnarr鈥檚 novel/memoir The Indian is a playful bit of extravagant ego, telling the traditional story of creation, where the 鈥淟et there be light!鈥 moment is also the moment of his birth on January 2nd, 1967. Then comes sly awareness of the flow from preconsciousness to consciousness, 鈥淢urmuring ...
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Latest Review: "The Thaw" by 脫lafur Gunnarsson
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by P.T. Smith on 脫lafur Gunnarsson’s The Thaw, translated by the author, and out from New American Press. Patrick is one of our regular reviewers, fellow literature enthusiast, and a patient person to boot (I’ve had this review in-hand since before ...
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The Thaw
Short story collections, whether collected over a period of time or written specifically as a set, often have a way of revealing an author鈥檚 preoccupation, and 脫lafur Gunnarsson鈥檚 The Thaw is no different. Throughout its ten stories, we see the same themes turned to time and time again: ambiguity overlaying points of ...
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Latest Review: "The Whispering Muse" by Sj贸n
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is by Vincent Francone on The Whispering Muse by Sj贸n, from Farrar Straus and Giroux. The first time I saw The Whispering Muse was in a bookstore in Riga, Latvia, misplaced somewhere on the D-F shelf. Taking this as a sign of meant-to-be, I bought it, and promptly placed it on my ...
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