The Swan (1991)
Winner — The Icelandic Literature Prize 1991
1991
148 pages
Fiction
Modern Classics
The Swan is the story of a nine-year old girl raised in a fishing village, who is sent to a farm in the country as punishment for shoplifting. There she discovers feelings she had not known before, mysterious, terrible, and painful. A novel built on tension and contradiction, where the grotesque and the beautiful, the comical and the dramatic, are at once contrasted and yet reconciled.
The Swan (1991)
Reviews
In this novel you will discover a great European novelist who has, with extraordinary subtlety and in a unique way, captured the existential straits of an adolescent girl.
MILAN KUNDERA
A literary voyage of the soul, filled with wonders and adventure.
NDR RADIO
The Swan is a novel of exceptional orginality and distinction.
THE INDEPENDENT
Bergsson has managed to create a magnificent novel.
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
A novel - absolutely brilliant.
JUNGE WELT
A five star novel - absolutely brilliant.
JUNGE WELT
Awards
Won
- The Icelandic Literature Prize 1991
Nominated
- The Nordic Council Literature Prize 1992
Rights Sold
Translation rights sold
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