Dreamland: Self-Help for a Frightened Nation (2006)
Winner — The Icelandic Literary Prize
Winner — The Icelandic Bookseller's Prize
Winner — The Kairos Prize
2006
304 pages
Non-Fiction
Current Affairs
Dreamland is a wake-up call, a devastating polemic that puts environmental issues into global perspective. Dreamland is an influential book about the most burning issues of our times, written with knowledge and a rare passion that will move any reader.
Dreamland immediately became a best seller on publication in Iceland and has already attracted worldwide attention due to its radical style, in the vein of Naomi Klein, Malcolm Gladwell and Jared Diamond, as well as critical acclaim from the Icelandic media.
Revised edition with an introduction by Björk and a new chapter on the bank crisis in Iceland. Dreamland has been made into a movie.
Dreamland: Self-Help for a Frightened Nation (2006)
Awards
Won
- The Icelandic Literary Prize
- The Icelandic Bookseller's Prize
- The Kairos PrizeEuropean cultural prize awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung
Rights Sold
Translation rights sold
DenmarkTiderne Skifter
Germany/Austria/SwitzerlandOrange Press
JapanNKH Publishing
Spain/South AmericaEditorial Aire
SwedenNatur & Kultur
UKCitizen Press
USAOpen Letter
