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'If somebody asked me what is the strength of this novel, I would reply without a moment of hesitation: the tone. The atmosphere. And then I would immediately add: the style. The sentences which seep through the soul and never leave. Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen captures what is vague and incomprehensible, breathes through the words, the characters, and the generations. And she also captures what is most beautiful and painful: the regret in time' Jon Kalman Stefansson, author of Heaven and Hell 'Island talks about places as if they were people, of fjords as if they were the wrinkles of our souls' Valeria Parrella, Grazia 'An ode to the legends we still need' La Repubblica 'Dense and evocative, and manages to combine organic and lifeless matter with the fantastic' Wired.it

'If somebody asked me what is the strength of this novel, I would reply without a moment of hesitation: the tone. The atmosphere. And then I would immediately add: the style. The sentences which seep through the soul and never leave. Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen captures what is vague and incomprehensible, breathes through the words, the characters, and the generations. And she also captures what is most beautiful and painful: the regret in time.' - Jon Kalman Stefansson 'Island talks about places as if they were people, of fjords as if they were the wrinkles of our souls' - Valeria Parrella, Grazia

'If somebody asked me what is the strength of this novel, I would reply without a moment of hesitation: the tone. The atmosphere. And then I would immediately add: the style. The sentences which seep through the soul and never leave. Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen captures what is vague and incomprehensible, breathes through the words, the characters, and the generations. And she also captures what is most beautiful and painful: the regret in time' Jon Kalman Stefansson, author of Heaven and Hell 'Island talks about places as if they were people, of fjords as if they were the wrinkles of our souls' Valeria Parrella, Grazia 'An ode to the legends we still need' La Repubblica 'Dense and evocative, and manages to combine organic and lifeless matter with the fantastic' Wired.it Island talks about places as if they were people, of fjords as if they were the wrinkles of our souls. -- Valeria Parrella, Grazia Prose that is as deep as the sea surrounding everything. -- Corriere della Sera An ode to the legends we still need. -- La Repubblica Dense and evocative, and manages to combine organic and lifeless matter with the fantastic. -- Wired.it

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Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen was born in 1980 into a Faroese-Danish family. She lives in Copenhagen and works as an author and critic. Island is her critically acclaimed and internationally award-winning debut novel, and has been translated into five languages.

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