Lifandilífslækur

After a year of volcanic catastrophe in 1784, the authorities in Copenhagen weigh moving Iceland's able-bodied population to Danish factories, and first send inspectors around the island. Magnús Árelíus, a young Enlightenment man with an Icelandic mother and a case of new measuring instruments, is posted to the Strandir region and hopes to reach Hornbjarg. Meeting the people there, he learns that the country cannot be captured by his instruments.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

295 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Iceland, Denmark, 1784

First published

2018 by Bjartur

Author's age

47 when first published

ISBN

9789935500021 (original)