Dein Fortsein ist Finsternis

"Tell my story, and I will get my name back." A man awakens in a church, somewhere deep in the Westfjords of Iceland, and remembers nothing. However, the woman he encounters in the cemetery recognizes him. Rúna speaks of her deceased mother and sends him to her sister Sóley, with whom he seems to share a fragile connection. With the help of her and other narratives, he begins to piece his life back together – until not only his fate but the fate of all the people in this lonely fjord rises before us. A whispering, monumental masterpiece that celebrates the power of literature!

"Your absence is darkness" is one of the great works of contemporary literature, a narrative against forgetting and decay.

"Stefánsson's poetic prose, gentle humor, and human warmth permeate every corner of this hard-to-describe book."

"This dark masterpiece brings immense joy for a very long time."

"Jón Kalman Stefánsson is one of the greatest Icelandic authors of our time."

"One wishes this book would never end."

"Jón Kalman Stefánsson writes as if it were about all our lives.".