The Swan is the story of a nine-year old girl  raised in a fishing village, who is sent to a farm in the country as punishment for shoplifting. There she discovers feelings she had not known before, mysterious, terrible, and painful.
A novel built on tension and contradiction, where the grotesque and the beautiful, the comical and the dramatic, are at once contrasted and yet reconciled.

• The Icelandic Literature Prize 1991
• Nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize 1992

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“In this  novel you will discover a great European novelist who has, with extraordinary subtlety and in a unique way, captured the existential straits of an adolescent girl.”
MILAN KUNDERA

“A literary voyage of the soul, filled
with wonders and adventure.”
NDR RADIO

“The Swan is a novel of exceptional orginality and distinction.”
THE INDEPENDENT

“Bergsson has managed to create a magnificent novel.”
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

“A five star novel – absolutely brilliant.”
JUNGE WELT