Mist and darkness hover over the landscape Stina and Jonni find themselves trapped in. And when they escape, the wild lava fields and creepy woods do little to cheer them up. It turns out to be a perilous journey and countless questions arise. The Lost Eyes is a breath-taking book for both boys and girls, packed with colourful pictures by one of Iceland’s most loved children’s writers.
• The Icelandic Bookseller’s Prize as the best children’s book of 2003
• Nominated for the Nordic Council Children’ and Young People´s Literature Prize 2003
N (b.1954) has written and illustrated high on fifty children’s books. She was the first author to receive the IBBY Iceland Prize Sogusteinn for her literary career in 2007, having received up to that point several awards and recognition for her work, among others More about the author