Candlelight Vigils treads that thin line between poetry and a novel; the powerful verse moulds the tale of a poisoned relationship, white dragons on Icelandic summer nights, air tickets to hope, the beauty of grave yards and arms that try to connect as they’re bleeding. A text of unusual magnetic power. Thrastardottir’s poems have been translated and published in anthologies, magazines and literary festival publications across Europe.

• Nominated for the Nordic Council Literary Prize 2009