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Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire

Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prizethe Nordic world''s highest literary honor Sjón''s
The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.

Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter''s territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sjón''s slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same.

The Blue Fox

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    A Paperback / softback by Sjón, Victoria Cribb

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      Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9780374114459, 978-0374114459
      ISBN10: 0374114455

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Named one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Esquire

      Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prizethe Nordic world''s highest literary honor Sjón''s
      The Blue Fox is part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.

      Set against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter''s territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sjón''s slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same.

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