Volume II of Bergsson’s biographical novel. In this captivating story, Gudbergur Bergsson picks up where he left off in his award-winning work, Father and Mother and the Mystery of Childhood, reviving a life which now only exists in the recesses of his mind. Bergsson writes both compellingly and candidly of the world which shaped his own mentality, emotions and writing.

• Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize 1998
• Nominated for The Nordic Council Literature Prize 1999 (vol. 1 and 2)

“A magnificent work which will undoubtedly be considered
among this century’s leading work of literature…”
DV NEWSPAPER