Hlynur Bjorn sleeps in. He surfs the Web. He tests the efficacy of various pornography. And at night, he hits the K-bar for a few drinks, maybe a tab of E, and perhaps a bit of sex before another cras
“I live here alone in a garage, together with a laptop computer and a hand grenade. It’s pretty cozy.” And . . . she’s off. Eighty-year-old Herra Bjornsson, one of the most ori
Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize, Hotel Silence is a delightful and heartwarming new novel from Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, a writer who “upends expectations” (New York Times). Told with grace, insig
In Butterflies in November, internationally bestselling author Aueur Ava Olafsdottir crafts a ?funny, moving, and occasionally bizarre exploration of life’s upheavals and reversals” (Financial Times).
“THE HOTTEST NEW BOOK FROM ICELAND IS WOMAN AT 1,000 DEGREES . . . What a story it is, one worth reading to further understand the complexity of World War II—and to enjoy the quick wit of
