The Blue Fox (2003)

The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent. Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter's territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sjón's slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same.

Nordic Council Literature Prize 2005 Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Shortlisted for the 2011 The Jan Michalski Prize for Literature Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire