The Blue Fox by Sjón

The Blue Fox by Sjón

The novel that put Sjon on the international map, now published by Sceptre in a stunning new package.

'Enchantingly poetic. . spellbinding . . . magical . . . exceptional' * Independent *
'A magical novel' * Björk *
'Describes its world with brilliant, precise, concrete colour and detail... Comic and lyrical.' * A.S. Byatt, The Times *
'A taut, poetic and beautifully judged fable.' * TLS *
'Wondrous . . . with a strange black humour at its core.' * Dazed & Confused *

Born in Reykjavík in 1962, Sjón is the author of the novels The Blue Fox, The Whispering Muse, From the Mouth of the Whale, Moonstone and CoDex 1962, for which he has won several awards including the Nordic Council's Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literary Prize. He has also been shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and his work has been translated into thirty-five languages. In addition, Sjón has written nine poetry collections as well as four opera librettos and lyrics for various artists. He lives in Reykjavík, Iceland. Victoria Cribb has translated over thirty-five books by Icelandic authors. Her translations of Moonstone and CoDex 1962 were both longlisted for the PEN America Translation Prize and in 2017 she received the Ordstír honorary translation award for services to Icelandic literature.

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ISBN 13	9781529342956
ISBN 10	1529342953
Title	The Blue Fox
Author	Sjón
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2019-11-07
Number of pages	112
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