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Already celebrated far beyond his native Iceland, the novels of Sjon arrive on waves of praise from writers, critics, and readers worldwide. Sjon has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland's other literary superstar, the Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness. The Whispering Muse is his masterpiece so far. The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has had the extraordinary good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea. Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner he entrances his fellow travelers with the tale of how he sailed with the fabled vessel the Argo on its quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. What unfolds is a slender but masterful, brilliant, and always entertaining novel that ranges deftly from the comic to the mythic as it weaves together tales of antiquity with the modern world in a voice so singular as to seem possessed. "

About the Author :
Sjon is the author of, among other works, The Blue Fox and From the Mouth of the Whale. Born in Reykjavik in 1962, he is an awardwinning novelist, poet, and playwright, and his novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. He is the president of the Icelandic PEN Centre and chairman of the board of Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature. Also a lyricist, he has written songs for Bjork, including for her most recent project, Biophilia, and was nominated for an Oscar for the lyrics he cowrote (with Lars von Trier) for Dancer in the Dark. He lives in Reykjavik. "

Review :
Praise for Sjon "Essential reading." --Michel Faber "An extraordinary and original writer." --A. S. Byatt "Sjon is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant." --Junot Diaz ""The Whispering Muse "is a quirky, melodic, ticklish, seamlessly translated, lovingly polished gem of a novel." --David Mitchell "An extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel." --Alberto Manguel "Sjon is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant." --Junot Diaz "When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjon." --Bjork "Sjon's writing [is] full of brilliant details, surprises and delights . . . [He is] an extraordinary and original writer." --A. S. Byatt, "The Guardian" "The Whispering Muse "is a quirky, melodic, ticklish, seamlessly translated, lovingly polished gem of a novel. "David Mitchell" An extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel. "Alberto Manguel" Sjon is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant. "Junot Diaz" When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjon. "Bjork" Sjon's writing [is] full of brilliant details, surprises and delights . . . [He is] an extraordinary and original writer. "A. S. Byatt, The Guardian"" The Whispering Muse is a quirky, melodic, ticklish, seamlessly translated, lovingly polished gem of a novel. David Mitchell An extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel. Alberto Manguel Sjon is the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant. Junot Diaz When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjon. Bjork Sjon's writing [is] full of brilliant details, surprises and delights . . . [He is] an extraordinary and original writer. A. S. Byatt, The Guardian "


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780374709938
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus And Giroux
  • Publisher Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0374709939
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 2013
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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