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Dúnstúlkan í þokunni
“The Down Girl in the Fog” (title translated by AI)
Bjarni M. Bjarnason (born 1965)
English editions
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Drauma-Jói, born on the Langanes peninsula in the mid-nineteenth century into a line of sorcerers, was known for clairvoyance, studied by a scientist in 1915. The novel imagines his hard-fought life and his bond with a dreamlike eiderdown girl on a peninsula where thick fog plays tricks on the eye.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 336 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iceland, 19th century
- First published
- 2023 by Veröld
- Author's age
- 58 when first published
- ISBN
9789935303035 (original)