Lit in Translation

Sigurjón Magnússon

Born 1955 · Iceland

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Icelandic Literary Prize 2012 · Shortlist

    The Edge of the World

    Endimörk heimsins

    Sigurjón Magnússon · 57 when first published

    Novel · 119 pages · Historical, Politics

    AI-generated summary:Autumn 1939 in Sverdlovsk: party officials from Moscow gather in the house where the Tsar was shot in 1918, facing Pyotr Yermakov, the most notorious member of the firing squad.