Devils' Isle Trilogy (1983-1989)
1983
615 pages
Fiction
Modern Classics
Set in Reykjavik in the fifties, this highly colourful family saga describes in a very lively and humorous way the immense change in Iceland, when a simple rural culture of farmers and fishermen clashed with the American mass culture. A motion picture based on these novels received an award for the best Nordic film in 1997.
Reviews
“He is an Icelandic Erskine Caldwell or William Faulkner - Karason is a genial storyteller, and has already won himself a place in the literary history of Iceland and the Nordic countries.”
BOKEN MAGAZINE, BO AXELSSON
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FinlandLike
NorwayAschehoug
SwedenBonnier
DenmarkGyldendal
PolandMarpress/e-book: Tower Press
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UKCanongate
Film Rights Sold
Faroe IslandsÁrting
; Germany/ Switzerland/AustriaEichborn/Die andere Bibliothek/ Paperback rights: Random House/btb