Category: Reviews Archive

From the Mouth of the Whale (London: Telegram, 2011), by the Icelandic writer Sjón, was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for 2012. This is

I received a copy of a little black book in the mail one day with greetings from an EE Ryan. The title read The Odd Saga

Why did the Icelandic economy collapse? What caused the country’s ongoing financial crisis? These are questions regularly posed by readers and those which Icelanders have often asked

I decided after the rather disappointing read of 101 Reykjavík, which everyone seemed to love, that Hallgrímur Helgason was not my type of author and had

Sometimes the plainest of books sparkle the most. Six Days in Iceland containing poems by Alyson Hallett and geological descriptions by Professor Chris Caseldine, complemented with

It had been a while since I read Arnaldur Indriðason’s* Operation Napoleon last. Originally published as Napóleonsskjölin in 1999, its English translation appeared earlier this year. The reason for the

I first read Gunnlöth’s Tale (originally published as Gunnladarsaga in 1987) by Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930-2004) in junior college and remember being absolutely fascinated by it. So when I heard

Kingdom of Trolls, published in February 2011, is the fourth in the MiddleGate Books children adventure series by Canadian author/illustrator Rae Bridgman. I hadn’t heard of the