Schattenfuchs

Island in winter 1883. Abba is laid to rest, but it is not her, rather stones that lie in the coffin. Fridrik prefers to bury the body in his own garden rather than leave it to Pastor Baldur, who harbors a dark secret. In a poetically clear language, Sjón explores the narrow line between humanity and nature, taking us into a mythical in-between world on the edge of the Arctic Circle, where, in the face of existential abysses, humanity reveals its true self. Sjón is the most innovative and exciting author from Iceland, and for "Shadow Fox," he received the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2005.