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""Sigurdsson is without a doubt one of the best writers of his generation."" -Frettabladid Daily After a grueling solo expedition on Vatnajkull Glacier, Austrian toponymist Bernhardt Fingerberg returns to civilization, barely alive, and into the care of Dr. Lassi. The doctor, suspicious of his story, attempts to discover his real motives for venturing into the treacherous wastelands of Iceland-but the secrets she unravels may be more dangerous than they're worth. feigur Sigursson (b. 1975) has published six books of poetry and two novels, including Jn (2010), the first Icelandic novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature.

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Winner of the Icelandic Literature PrizeChosen by the booksellers of Iceland as the best novel of 2015 This is epic literature.  Jon Gnarr, author of The Indian Sigurdsson is without a doubt one of the best writers of his generation.  Frettabladid Icelandic humour mixed with fantasy and historical facts, OEraefi is a rare find. This novel proves that Ofeigur Sigurdsson is one of the most noteworthy and original authors of his generation.  Frida Bjork Ingvarsdottir / Vidsja culture program, Radio 1, Iceland

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feigur Sigursson was born in Reykjavk on November 2, 1975. He has published six books of poetry and two novels. feigur has tried his hand at a number of things: working as a uniformed night-watchman at a hotel, pre-packing ham and bacon at a factory farm, exercising his brawn as a dock worker, and exercising his brains as a student at the Philosophy Department of the University of Iceland, from where he received his BA degree in 2007, with a thesis on the taboo and transgression in the works of Georges Bataille. feigur is at the forefront of a poetic movement of dynamic young creative people, who have recently had a hand in reshaping the form of Icelandic poetry. He has translated literature and written for radio on writers including Louis-Ferdinand Cline and Michel Houellebecq. A prolific poet, feigur has published several collections including Toast to the Midwinter (2001) and Redness (2006). In 2005 his first novel, fer, was published and received very positive reviews. His second novel, Jn (2010), the story of a man writing letters to his pregnant wife from a cave, became the first Icelandic novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature. feigur's latest book, rfi, came out in 2014 and was the runaway literary sensation of the year, becoming a massive bestseller and receiving the Icelandic Literary Prize, and it was also chosen as the year's best book among the country's booksellers. Lytton Smith (born 1982) is an Anglo-American poet and translator. His poetry collections include The All-Purpose Magical Tent (Nightboat Books, 2009), which was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Nightboat Books Poetry Prize in 2009, and a previous chapbook, Monster Theory, selected by Kevin Young for the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship in 2008. He has taught at Columbia University, Fordham University, and Plymouth University, and is currently a professor at SUNY-Geneseo. In addition to his work translation Jn Gnarr, he has translated two other novels from Icelandic: The Ambassador, by Bragi lafsson (Open Letter 2010) and A Child in Reindoor Woods by Kristn marsdttir (Open Letter, 2012), and his translation of Tmas Jnsson, Bestseller by Gudbergur Bergsson is forthcoming from Open Letter Books.

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