When you look at the cover of Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson’s 2009 photography book, The Little Big Book about Iceland, it feels as if the book is looking back at you. It’s the strangest sensation. If feels as if you’re looking into the icy blue and all-seeing, all-knowing eye of a prehistoric creature that has awoken from its […]
One of the most successful contemporary Icelandic novels is Angels of the Universe by Einar Már Gudmundsson, originally published as Englar alheimsins in 1993. It has melted the hearts of critics around the globe, as has the filmed version, released in 2000. The film was directed by Fridrik Thór Fridriksson and cast the elite of Icelandic male actors at […]
Sigurjón Birgir Sigurdsson, better known as Sjón, is a postmodern artist in his own right, novelist, poet and lyricist. His persona is connected with the kind of artistic flair that I tend to categorize as pretentious. Internationally, he is perhaps best known for having written the lyrics to some of Björk’s songs. He even received […]
