| Author | Sjón |
| Copyright Holder (Cover/Jacket Art) | Owen Gent |
| Copyright Holder (Photos) | Jóhann Páll Valdimarsson |
| Translated by | Victoria Cribb |
| First Published by | JPV, Sceptre, Mál og Menning, Almenna bókafélagið |
| Copyright Holder | Sjón |
| Copyright Holder (Translation) | Victoria Cribb |
| Interview with/Interviewee | María Guðmundsdóttir |
| Typeset by | Palimpsest Book Production Limited |
| Printed and Bound by | Clays Ltd, Elcograf |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Pages / Font | 517 pages / Minion |
| ISBN 13 | 978-1-473-66302-2 |
| Barcode | 9 781473 663022 |
| Price | £18.99 |
| Chapters | PART I
THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE
a love story
PART II
ICELAND'S THOUSAND YEARS
a crime story
PART III
I'M A SLEEPING DOOR
a science-fiction story
EPILOGUE PART I
THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE
a love story
PART II
ICELAND'S THOUSAND YEARS
a crime story
PART III
I'M A SLEEPING DOOR
a science-fiction story
EPILOGUE Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Cover Illustration © Owen Gent 2018 Author Photograph © Jóhann Páll Valdimarsson First published in Iceland in 2016 by JPV Publishing First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Sceptre Copyright © Sjón 2016 Translation copyright © Victoria Cribb 2018 Part One, Thine Eyes Did See My Substance - a love story, originally published in Icelandic in 1994 by Mál of menning, Reykjavík, as Augu þín sáu mig - ástarsaga Part Two, Iceland's Thousand Years - a crime story, originally published in Icelandic in 2001 by Mál og menning, Reyjavík, as Með titrandi tár - glæpasaga Both parts published with Part Three, I'm a Sleeping Door - a science-fiction story (Ég er sofandi hurð - vísindaskáldsaga), in Icelandic in 2016 by JPV Publishing, Reykjavík, as CoDex 1962 The quotation on p.360 is from Gangrimlahljólið by Loftur Guðmundsson, published in 1958 by Almenna bókafélagið, Reykjavík. The interview with María Guðmundsdóttir on pp.455-57 is from Morgunblaðið, 15 September 1962. This book has been translated with financial support from Icelandic Literature Center Printed and bound in Great Britain |
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