Combining adventure with Scandinavian political and literary history, Eldjrn's gripping saga of 17th-century Iceland consists mostly of the fictional memoirs of its real-life hero, Gudmundur Andrésson."" Publishers Weekly In 1649, Andrésson is sitting apparently forgotten in Copenhagen's notorious Blue Tower, where he has been imprisoned for writing a pamphlet attacking the Great Edict, the morality law set by the Danish colonial authorities in Iceland. Interspersed with descriptions of his suffering and despair in the cell, he narrates the story of an extraordinary life. A bright but poor farmer's son, he was sponsored by a kindly scholar, but prefers a life with connections and a rich wife. The birth of a child out of wedlock, counter to the Great Edict, and his scurrilous tract seal his fate. ""A lively chronicle of impish, often sardonic resistance to tyranny in all forms."" Kirkus Reviews

The Blue Tower

Comics & Graphic Novels

Eldjárn, Þórarinn

Orarinn Eldjarn

Graphic Novels

Mare's Nest Pub

<p>Iceland is a land of stories; from the epic sagas of its mythic past, to its claim today of being home to more writers, more published books and more avid readers, per head, than anywhere in the world. As its capital (and indeed only city), Reykjavik has long been an inspiration for these stories. But, as this collection demonstrates, this fishing-village-turned-metropolis at the farthest fringe of Europe has been both revered and reviled by Icelanders over the years. The tension between the city and the surrounding countryside, its rural past and urban present, weaves its way through The Book of Reykjavik, forming an outline of a fragmented city marked by both contradiction and creativity. Published with the support of the Icelandic Literature Center.</p>

The Book of Reykjavik: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)

Literature & Fiction

Magnason, Andri Snær

Jónsdóttir, Auður

Einarsson, Friðgeir

Ísberg, Fríða

Mínervudóttir, Guðrún Eva

Guðmundsson, Einar Már

Eiríksdóttir, Kristín

Halldórsson, Björn

Sverrisson, Ágúst Borgþór

Genre Fiction

Comma Press

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