Out of the Blue: New Short Fiction from Iceland
Out of the Blue is a collection of Iceland's leading contemporary writers and all my favorite authors in one volume. It's an absolutely unique insight into Iceland's culture. mentality, and spirit - a country where the short story is as valued as the sagas. If you plan to travel to Iceland and want to prepare, all you need to do is read this book.
-Jón Gnarr, writer and former mayor of Reykjavik
Perhaps it is because philosophy reached these shores comparatively late that icelandic writers have never felt bound by the truth. While recognizing no literature except that which springs from reality,
they reserve the right to distort the truth according to
the demands of their tales.
-Sjón
Out of the Blue reads like a series of lively dreams, by turns magical and stoic and strange, and each sensational. It's no surprise these stories come from the land of Halldor Laxnexx.
He has an heir in these pages.
-Peter Geye, author of Wintering
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/out-of-the-blue
An evening and panel discussion at New York's Scandinavia House
https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/events/out-of-the-blue/
Poet and Author Helen Mitsios leads this panel discussion about Out of the Blue, a groundbreaking collection of fiction from Iceland’s best contemporary authors...