Lungs (2022)

Jóhanna finally decides to read the epic saga that her estranged father wrote about the origin and history of their family. In the sweeping narratives that unfold on its pages, tales of broken dreams, magic and forbidden love are weaved together to expose a secret that has been kept in the shadows for a lifetime.

An epic novel that reaches far and wide in time and space: from Toscana at the start of the World War I – where swallowing copious amounts of olives saves young Enzo from military service, to the immigrant neighbourboods of Toronto – where a teen girl falls in love with a mysterious vagrant, then on to the beautiful Hörgárdalur valley in the north of Iceland – where the gigantic rooster Jupiter reigns supreme, and finally to Reykjavík in the not so distant future.

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Sample translation in English; Sample translation in Dutch