Synopses & Reviews
“When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjón . . . The Blue Fox is a magical novel.” —BjörkSet 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 priests 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 Councils Literature Prize—the Nordic worlds highest literary honor—Sjóns The Blue Fox is the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.
Review
“The Blue Fox describes its world with brilliant, precise, concrete colour and detail.” A. S. Byatt, The Times (London)
Synopsis
Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire
Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter's territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sj n's slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same. Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prize--the Nordic world's highest literary honor--The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.
Synopsis
Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire
Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prize--the Nordic world's highest literary honor-- Sj n's
The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.
Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter's territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sj n's slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same.
Synopsis
“When I need something epic and lyrical I call upon Sjón...
The Blue Fox is a magical novel.”
BjorkSet 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 priests 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 Councils Literature Prize — the Nordic worlds highest literary honor — Sjón's The Blue Fox is the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.
Synopsis
Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunters territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sjóns slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same. Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prize—the Nordic worlds highest literary honor—The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.
About the Author
Sjón was born in Reykjavik in 1962. He is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright, and his novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. He is the president of the Icelandic PEN Centre and the chairman of the board of Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature. Also a lyricist, he has written songs for Björk, 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.
FSG is publishing Sjóns novels The Blue Fox and From the Mouth of the Whale in paperback alongside the hardcover publication of The Whispering Muse.