The Blue Fox

This trully is “a magical novel," as Björk put it.

1883. A priest, Skugga-Baldur, goes on a hunt for a mysterious and rare blue fox in a harsh Icelandic winter. And a story about a herbalist, Friðrik B. Friðriksson, and Abba. Nature and man, both savage and ruthless.

Quite a simple story, but told in a magnificent way. I loved it.

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Details:

• author: Sjón
• full title: The Blue Fox
  
• genre: literary fiction
  
• format/type: bookfiction
• topics: #nature, #winter, #Iceland
  
• publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  
• publish date: April 30, 2013
• pages: 130
  

My Rating of the Book:

• content: 💙💙💙💙💙

Excerpt from the Book:

 

As evening drew on, the weather turned wilder, the frost piercing his clothes in spite of their thickness, and he grew so cold that he had to shiver himself to warmth.

The man decided to let himself be snowed in.

He moved a little while this was happening, so the snow formed a windproof shell around him.

About the Author: 

 

Sjón (Sigurjón B. Sigurðsson) was born in Reykjavik on the 27th of August, 1962. He started his writing career early, publishing his first book of poetry, Sýnir (Visions), in 1978. Sjón was a founding member of the surrealist group, Medúsa, and soon became significant in Reykjavik's cultural landscape.

Since then, his prolific writing drove him to pen song lyrics, scripts for movies and of course novels such as The Blue Fox