Helen Mitsios is a poet, author, literary critic, and editor of the groundbreaking anthologies New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan, which was twice listed both as a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and "Summer Reading" selection; also Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best Short Stories from Japan; and most recently Beneath the Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary Icelandic Poetry. An award-winning poet, she is author of If Black Had a Shadow and coauthor of Waltzing with the Enemy: A Mother and Daughter Confront the Aftermath of the Holocaust. She is a…mehr
Helen Mitsios is a poet, author, literary critic, and editor of the groundbreaking anthologies New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan, which was twice listed both as a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and "Summer Reading" selection; also Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best Short Stories from Japan; and most recently Beneath the Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary Icelandic Poetry. An award-winning poet, she is author of If Black Had a Shadow and coauthor of Waltzing with the Enemy: A Mother and Daughter Confront the Aftermath of the Holocaust. She is a professor of languages and literature at Touro College and University System in New York City. Sjón¿is an award-winning Icelandic author whose novels The Blue Fox, The Whispering Muse, From the Mouth of the Whale and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was have been translated into thirty-five languages. Also a poet, he has published nine poetry collections, written four opera librettos and lyrics for various artists. In 2001 he was nominated for an Oscar for his lyrics in the film Dancer in The Dark. Sjón is the president of the Icelandic PEN Centre. He lives in Reykjavik.¿¿Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Helen Mitsios is a poet, author, literary critic, and editor of the groundbreaking anthologies New Japanese Voices: The Best Contemporary Fiction from Japan, which was twice listed both as a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and “Summer Reading” selection; also Digital Geishas and Talking Frogs: The Best Short Stories from Japan; and most recently Beneath the Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary Icelandic Poetry. An award-winning poet, she is author of If Black Had a Shadow and coauthor of Waltzing with the Enemy: A Mother and Daughter Confront the Aftermath of the Holocaust. She is a professor of languages and literature at Touro College and University System in New York City. Sjón is an award-winning Icelandic author whose novels The Blue Fox, The Whispering Muse, From the Mouth of the Whale and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was have been translated into thirty-five languages. Also a poet, he has published nine poetry collections, written four opera librettos and lyrics for various artists. In 2001 he was nominated for an Oscar for his lyrics in the film Dancer in The Dark. Sjón is the president of the Icelandic PEN Centre. He lives in Reykjavik.
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Contents Foreword Preface Helen Mitsios Self Portrait Auður Jónsdóttir Afternoon by the Pacific Ocean Kristín Ómarsdóttir Escape for Men Gerður Kristný The Most Precious Secret Einar Örn Gunnarsson Killer Whale Ólafur Gunnarsson The Secret Service of Ravens and the Three Hens Þórunn Erlu-Valdimarsdóttir One Hundred and Fifty Square Meters Kristín Eiríksdóttir Grass Andri Snær Magnason The Black Dog Gyrðir Elíasson Late Afternoon in Four Parts Bragi Ólafsson SMS from Catalonia Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir A Pen Changes Hands Óskar Árni Óskarsson The Cook Óskar Magnússon Travel Companion Rúnar Helgi Vignisson The Parables Magnús Sigurðsson The Horse in Greenland Einar Már Guðmundsson Laundry Day Águst Sverrisson Scorn Pole Þórarinn Eldjárn Harmonica Sonata in C Major Guðmundur Andri Thorsson The Universe and the Deep Velvet Dress Jón Kalman Stefanssón Contributors
Contents Foreword Preface Helen Mitsios Self Portrait Auður Jónsdóttir Afternoon by the Pacific Ocean Kristín Ómarsdóttir Escape for Men Gerður Kristný The Most Precious Secret Einar Örn Gunnarsson Killer Whale Ólafur Gunnarsson The Secret Service of Ravens and the Three Hens Þórunn Erlu-Valdimarsdóttir One Hundred and Fifty Square Meters Kristín Eiríksdóttir Grass Andri Snær Magnason The Black Dog Gyrðir Elíasson Late Afternoon in Four Parts Bragi Ólafsson SMS from Catalonia Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir A Pen Changes Hands Óskar Árni Óskarsson The Cook Óskar Magnússon Travel Companion Rúnar Helgi Vignisson The Parables Magnús Sigurðsson The Horse in Greenland Einar Már Guðmundsson Laundry Day Águst Sverrisson Scorn Pole Þórarinn Eldjárn Harmonica Sonata in C Major Guðmundur Andri Thorsson The Universe and the Deep Velvet Dress Jón Kalman Stefanssón Contributors
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