The Blue Fox

Author:   Sjón ,  Victoria Cribb ,  Sjon ,  Victoria Cribb
Publisher:   Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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9780374114459


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   30 April 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prize--the Nordic world's highest literary honor-- Sjón's The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent. Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter's territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sjón's slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same.

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Author:   Sjón ,  Victoria Cribb ,  Sjon ,  Victoria Cribb
Publisher:   Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Imprint:   Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Dimensions:   Width: 13.10cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 18.60cm
Weight:   0.091kg
ISBN:  

9780374114459


ISBN 10:   0374114455
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   30 April 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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<p> The Blue Fox describes its world with brilliant, precise, concrete colour and detail. --A. S. Byatt, The Times (London)<br><br> Enchantingly poetic . . . Spellbinding . . . Magical . . . Exceptional. In addition, there are elements in this novella which will require the loose descriptive 'thriller' too. --Nuruddin Farah, The Independent


<p> When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjon . . . The Blue Fox is a magical novel. --Bjork<p> <p> The Blue Fox describes its world with brilliant, precise, concrete colour and detail . . . Comic and lyrical. --A. S. Byatt, The Times (London)<p> <p> Enchantingly poetic . . . Spellbinding . . . Magical . . . Exceptional . . . Require[s] that one use the loose descriptive 'thriller' too. --Nuruddin Farah, The Independent <p>


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Sjón is the author of, among other works, From the Mouth of the Whale and The Whispering Muse. Born in Reykjavík in 1962, he is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. Also a lyricist, he has written songs for Björk, including for her most recent project, Biophilia, and was nominated for an Oscar for the lyrics he cowrote (with Lars von Trier) for Dancer in the Dark. He lives in Reykjavík.

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