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OverviewAlready celebrated far beyond his native Iceland, the novels of Sj n arrive on waves of praise from writers, critics, and readers worldwide. Sj n has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland's other literary superstar, the Nobel Prize winner Halld r Laxness. The Whispering Muse is his masterpiece so far. The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has had the extraordinary good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea. Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner he entrances his fellow travelers with the tale of how he sailed with the fabled vessel the Argo on its quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. What unfolds is a slender but masterful, brilliant, and always entertaining novel that ranges deftly from the comic to the mythic as it weaves together tales of antiquity with the modern world in a voice so singular as to seem possessed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sjon , Victoria Cribb , Sjon , Victoria CribbPublisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Dimensions: Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.231kg ISBN: 9780374289072ISBN 10: 0374289077 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 30 April 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews<p>Praise for Sjon<p> Essential reading. --Michel Faber<p><p> An extraordinary and original writer. --A. S. Byatt<p><p> Sjon is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant. --Junot Diaz The Whispering Muse is a quirky, melodic, ticklish, seamlessly translated, lovingly polished gem of a novel. David Mitchell An extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel. Alberto Manguel Sjon is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant. Junot Diaz When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjon. Bjork Sjon's writing [is] full of brilliant details, surprises and delights . . . [He is] an extraordinary and original writer. A. S. Byatt, The Guardian The Whispering Muse is a quirky, melodic, ticklish, seamlessly translated, lovingly polished gem of a novel. --David Mitchell An extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel. --Alberto Manguel Sj n is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant. --Junot D az When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sj n. --Bj rk Sj n's writing [is] full of brilliant details, surprises and delights . . . [He is] an extraordinary and original writer. --A. S. Byatt, The Guardian Author InformationSj n is the author of, among other works, The Blue Fox and From the Mouth of the Whale. Born in Reykjav k in 1962, he is an awardwinning novelist, poet, and playwright, and his novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. He is the president of the Icelandic PEN Centre and chairman of the board of Reykjav k UNESCO City of Literature. Also a lyricist, he has written songs for Bj rk, 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 Reykjav k. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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