Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl

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• Náttúrulögmálin

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  Icelandic Literary Prize 2023 · Shortlist

  Náttúrulögmálin

  AITitle translated by AI:“The Laws of Nature”

  Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl · 45 when first published

  Novel · 597 pages · Historical, Satire

  AIAI-generated summary:In early summer 1925 Iceland's youngest, handsomest and most reluctant bishop calls a synod in Ísafjörður to show Christianity's power over superstition, spiritualism and the forces of nature.

• Illska

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  Icelandic Literary Prize 2012 · ★ Winner

  Illska

  AITitle translated by AI:“Evil”

  Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl · 34 when first published

  Novel · War, Politics, Love

  AIAI-generated summary:Agnes Lukauskaite and Ómar Arnarson meet in a Reykjavík taxi queue; three years later he burns their home down and flies abroad. Their story begins in 1941, when half of a Lithuanian town was massacred in the woods.