In this captivating and touchingly honest story, Gudbergur Bergsson revisits the days of his youth in the fishing village of Grindavik. He revives days gone by, examining these childhood years with an adult’s eye attempting to see himself through his parents and the surroundings out of which he grew.

• The Swedish Academy’s Nordic Prize 2004
• The Icelandic Literature Prize 1997
• Selected Dagur Newspaper’s Novel of the Year
• Nominated for the 1998 DV Cultural Prize for Literature
• Nominated for the Aristeion European Literary Prize 1999
• Nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize 1998 (vol. 1 and 2)

“Bergsson is one of this century’s principal geniuses and
rarely has he been more successful than in this novel.”
DAGUR NEWSPAPER