Icelandic Literary Prize 2010 · Shortlist
Dýrin í Saigon
Title translated by AI:“The Animals in Saigon”
Sigurður Guðmundsson · 68 when first published
Novel · 228 pages · Autofiction, Love
AI-generated summary:During ten months in Vietnam an artist tries to live without language, leave his own culture behind and live like a wise animal; inside him live a horse who is a poet, a gay swan, an English-speaking gull and a girl philosopher.