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The Blue Fox
. Sjón
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
May 2013
On Sale: April 30, 2013
138 pages
ISBN: 0374114455
EAN: 9780374114459
Kindle: B009LRWWDQ
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“When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjón
. . . The Blue Fox is a magical novel.”
—Björk
Set against the stark backdrop of the
Icelandic winter landscape, the mysterious blue fox is an
elusive, enigmatic target for hunters like Baldur Skuggason,
a nineteenth-century priest who has profound influence over
his rural community and is now seeking to extend his
dominion. This time, he gets the fox in his sights, and as
soon as he pulls the trigger . . .
We are pulled into the world of
Fridrik B. Fridrikson, a naturalist who lives on the
outskirts of the priest’s territory with his charge, Abba,
who suffers from Down syndrome. When Abba was found shackled
to the timbers of a ship run aground in 1868, Fridrikson
fortuitously came to her rescue. But it seems their luck may
have run out.
The fates of these
three are intertwined in unexpected, marvelous ways that
reveal themselves in spellbinding fashion in a fable
that is part mystery, part fairy tale. Winner of the Nordic
Council’s Literature Prize—the Nordic world’s highest
literary honor—Sjón’s The Blue Fox is the perfect
introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.
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