The Swan (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 Icelandic Literature Prize 1991 • Nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize 1992
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“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 five star novel - absolutely brilliant.”
JUNGE WELT
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