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Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Asgeir Petursson
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Asgeir Petursson and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 1961-01-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the seven Icelandic short stories which appear here; the first was probably written early in the thirteenth century; while the rest all date from the early twentieth century. It might therefore be supposed that the earliest of these stories was written in a language more or less unintelligible to modern Icelanders; and that there was a gap of many centuries in the literary production of the nation. This; however; is not the case. The Norsemen who colonized Iceland in the last quarter of the ninth century brought with than the language then spoken throughout the whole of Scandinavia. This ancestor of the modern Scandinavian tongues has been preserved in Iceland so little changed that every Icelander still understands; without the aid of explanatory commentaries; the oldest preserved prose written in their country 850 years ago. The principal reasons for this were probably limited communications between Iceland and other countries; frequent migrations inside the island; and; not least important; a long and uninterrupted literary tradition. As a consequence; Icelandic has not developed any dialects in the ordinary sense.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Various
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015543249
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Various and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781514365816
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Asgeir Petursson and Steingrimur J
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546658559
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Asgeir Petursson and Steingrimur J and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Icelandic Short Stories By Ásgeir Pétursson and Steingrímur J. þorsteinsson

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Various
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781298492975
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Various and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Various
Publisher : Pinnacle Press
ISBN 13 : 9781374983830
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Various and published by Pinnacle Press. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Ásgeir Pétursson Þorsteinsson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789357973779
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Ásgeir Pétursson Þorsteinsson and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Icelandic Short Stories, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of Language and Literatures Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

SEVEN ICELANDIC SHORT STORIES

Author : Authors Various
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1907256636
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book SEVEN ICELANDIC SHORT STORIES written by Authors Various and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the seven Icelandic short stories which appear here, the first was probably written early in the thirteenth century, while the rest all date from the early twentieth century. Since the 12th C. the Icelandic people have continued to tell stories and to compose poems with the greyness of commonplace existence made more bearable when listening to tales of the heroic deeds and sagas of the past. In those past evenings, the living-room (baostofa), built of turf and stone, became a little more cheerful, and hunger was forgotten, while a member of the household read, or sang, about far-away knights and heroes, and the banquets they gave in splendid halls. In their imagination people thus tended to make their environment seem larger, and better, than life, as did Hrolfur with his fishing-boat in the story When I was on the Frigate. So take some time out and travel back to a period before television and radio, a time when tales were passed on orally when families would gather around a crackling and spitting hearth and a family member would delight and captivate the gathering with stories passed on to them from their parents and grandparents and from time immemorial. The Norsemen who colonized Iceland in the last quarter of the ninth century brought with them the language then spoken throughout all of Scandinavia. This ancestor of the modern Scandinavian tongues has been preserved in Iceland with the oldest preserved Icelandic prose written almost 1000 years ago. Limited communications between Iceland and other countries, frequent migrations inside the island, and, not least important, a long and uninterrupted literary tradition has meant the Icelandic language has not developed any dialects in the ordinary sense. 33% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities, schools and special causes.

7 best short stories - Iceland

Author : Steigrumur J. Porsteinsson
Publisher : Tacet Books
ISBN 13 : 3968588681
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book 7 best short stories - Iceland written by Steigrumur J. Porsteinsson and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icelanders have the highest literacy rates in the world. This is largely due to the rich literary tradition developed in this region. In this book, August Nemo brings seven short stories from different authors and periods so that you have an interesting overview of the story in Iceland. - The Story Of Audunn And The Bear by Anonymous. - A Dry Spell By Einar H. Kvaran. - The Old Hay by Guðmundur Friðjónsson. - When I Was On The Frigate by Jón Trausti. - Father And Son by Gunnar Gunnarsson. - The Fox Skin by Gudmundur G. Hagalin. - New Iceland by Halldor Kiljan Laxness. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

Seven Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Ásgeir Pétursson
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1613105800
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Seven Icelandic Short Stories written by Ásgeir Pétursson and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

7 Best Short Stories: Iceland

Author : Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson
Publisher : Tacet Books
ISBN 13 : 8577773760
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book 7 Best Short Stories: Iceland written by Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icelanders have the highest literacy rates in the world. This is largely due to the rich literary tradition developed in this region. In this book, August Nemo brings seven short stories from different authors and periods so that you have an interesting overview of the story in Iceland. - The Story Of Audunn And The Bear by Anonymous. - A Dry Spell By Einar H. Kvaran. - The Old Hay by Guðmundur Friðjónsson. - When I Was On The Frigate by Jón Trausti. - Father And Son by Gunnar Gunnarsson. - The Fox Skin by Gudmundur G. Hagalin. - New Iceland by Halldor Kiljan Laxness.

Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

Author :
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141961422
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written around the thirteenth century AD by Icelandic monks, the seven tales collected here offer a combination of pagan elements tightly woven into the pattern of Christian ethics. They take as their subjects figures who are heroic, but do not fit into the mould of traditional heroes. Some stories concern characters in Iceland - among them Hrafknel's Saga, in which a poor man's son is murdered by his powerful neighbour, and Thorstein the Staff-Struck, which describes an ageing warrior's struggle to settle into a peaceful rural community. Others focus on the adventures of Icelanders abroad, including the compelling Audun's Story, which depicts a farmhand's pilgrimage to Rome. These fascinating tales deal with powerful human emotions, suffering and dignity at a time of profound transition, when traditional ideals were gradually yielding to a more peaceful pastoral lifestyle.

Icelandic Short Stories

Author : Evelyn Scherabon Firchow
Publisher : American-Scandinavian Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9780890670286
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Short Stories written by Evelyn Scherabon Firchow and published by American-Scandinavian Foundation. This book was released on 1975 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Moonstone

Author : Sjón
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374712875
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Moonstone written by Sjón and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mind-bending miniature historical epic is Sjón's specialty, and Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was is no exception. But it is also Sjón's most realistic, accessible, and heartfelt work yet. It is the story of a young man on the fringes of a society that is itself at the fringes of the world--at what seems like history's most tumultuous, perhaps ultimate moment. Máni Steinn is queer in a society in which the idea of homosexuality is beyond the furthest extreme. His city, Reykjavik in 1918, is homogeneous and isolated and seems entirely defenseless against the Spanish flu, which has already torn through Europe, Asia, and North America and is now lapping up on Iceland's shores. And if the flu doesn't do it, there's always the threat that war will spread all the way north. And yet the outside world has also brought Icelanders cinema! And there's nothing like a dark, silent room with a film from Europe flickering on the screen to help you escape from the overwhelming threats--and adventures--of the night, to transport you, to make you feel like everything is going to be all right. For Máni Steinn, the question is whether, at Reykjavik's darkest hour, he should retreat all the way into this imaginary world, or if he should engage with the society that has so soundly rejected him.

A Quire of Seven

Author : Halldór Laxness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Quire of Seven written by Halldór Laxness and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven short stories.

Out of the Blue

Author : Helen Mitsios
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781517902537
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Out of the Blue written by Helen Mitsios and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary collection, the first anthology of Icelandic short fiction published in English translation, features work by twenty of Iceland's most popular and celebrated living authors--including Andri Snær Magnason, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Kristín Ómarsdóttir, and Auður Jónsdóttir--granddaughter of Halldór Laxness, who won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. Celebrated in Europe and Scandinavia but less known in the English-speaking world, these writers traverse realms of darkness and light that will be familiar to readers who have fallen under the spell of Scandinavian fiction. While uniquely Icelandic in topography and tenor, with a touch of the island's supernatural charm, the stories traffic in the enduring and universal complexities of human nature. Here is a fictional universe where the ghosts of Vikings and spirits tread, volcanoes grumble underfoot, and writers trip the Northern Lights fantastic across the landscape of the Icelandic imagination. At long last, readers can enjoy award-winning stories now expertly rendered into English by the country's most renowned translators. In "Killer Whale" a father contemplates euthanasia for a terminally ill child, in "Self Portrait" a vacationing family in Spain crosses paths with migrants, in "Escape for Men" a woman searches for an ex-lover in the South of France, and in "The Most Precious Secret" the nature of artists and the art world is mercilessly revealed. Both the Viking myths of Iceland's forefathers and the cutting-edge modern world of the country today are brilliantly alive in these remarkable and original stories. This collection is an excursion to an island where almost two million travelers descend yearly on a population of 345 thousand natives. Iceland is the place Björk calls home, the location where Game of Thrones was filmed--a place with open lava fields, glaciers, and iceberg lagoons among other natural wonders that is becoming one of the "hottest" tourist destinations on earth. Out of the Blue transports readers to Iceland's timeless and magical island of Vikings and geographical wonders, and it promises to be a seminal collection that will define Icelandic literature in translation for decades to come. Contributors: Auður Ava Olafsdóttir, Kristín Eiríksdóttir, þórarinn Eldjárn, Gyrðir Elíasson, Einar Örn Gunnarsson, Ólafur Gunnarsson, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Auður Jónsdóttir, Gerður Kristný, Andri Snær Magnason, Óskar Magnússon, Bragi Ólafsson, Kristín Ómarsdóttir, Óskar Árni Óskarsson, Magnús Sigurðsson, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Ágúst BorgÞór Sverrisson, Guðmundur Andri Thorsson, þórunn Erlu-Valdimarsdóttir, Rúnar Helgi Vignisson.

The Whispering Muse

Author : Sjón
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374709939
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Whispering Muse written by Sjón and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already celebrated far beyond his native Iceland, the novels of Sjón arrive on waves of praise from writers, critics, and readers worldwide. Sjón has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland's other literary superstar, the Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness. The Whispering Muse is his masterpiece so far. The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has had the extraordinary good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea. Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner he entrances his fellow travelers with the tale of how he sailed with the fabled vessel the Argo on its quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece. What unfolds is a slender but masterful, brilliant, and always entertaining novel that ranges deftly from the comic to the mythic as it weaves together tales of antiquity with the modern world in a voice so singular as to seem possessed.