The Blue Fox [electronic resource]
Sjon2012
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The year is 1883. The stark Icelandic winter landscape is the backdrop. We follow the priest, Baldur Skuggason, on his hunt for the enigmatic blue fox. And just as the priest pulls the trigger we are swept away to the world of the naturalist Fridrik B. Fridriksson and his charge, Abba, who suffers from Down's Syndrome. Found shackled to the timbers of a ship run aground in 1868, Fridrik had fortuitously come to Abba's rescue. The fates of all of these characters are intrinsically bound, and gradually, surprisingly, unravelled in this spellbinding fable that is part mystery, part fairy tale.
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Author:
Sjon, AuthorCribb, Victoria, Translator
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Saqi, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Victoria Cribb lived in Iceland for many years. She now lives in England, where she is completing a PhD in Old Icelandic Literature at the University of Cambridge. Her translations include three novels in collaboration with Olaf Olafsson, as well as numerous other pieces of fiction and non-fiction. She also translated Sjon's novella The Blue Fox published by Telegram in 2008.
ISBN:
9781846591068
Language:
English
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BRN:
2792640
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