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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023

'Funny, strange, provoking and disturbing; darkness with a light touch.' TLS

A master storyteller, Sjón weaves together Greek and Nordic myths with the legacies of the Second World War in this mesmerising novel, which reminds us that everything is capable of change.

Valdimar Haraldsson is an eccentric Icelander with dubious ideas about the relationship between fish consumption and Nordic superiority. To his delight, in the spring of 1949, he is invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its voyage to the Black Sea.

He is less delighted with the lack of fish on the menu. Worse, his fellow travellers show no interest in his 'Fish and Culture' lecture. They prefer the enthralling tales of the second mate, Caeneus, who every evening regales them with his adventures aboard the Argo, on Jason's legendary quest for the Golden Fleece.

The Whispering Muse: Winner of the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize 2023

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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023'Funny, strange, provoking and disturbing; darkness with a light touch.' TLSA master storyteller,... Read more

    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
    Publication Date: 16/04/2020
    ISBN13: 9781529342994, 978-1529342994
    ISBN10: 1529342996

    Number of Pages: 144

    Fiction , Historical Fiction

    Description

    WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023

    'Funny, strange, provoking and disturbing; darkness with a light touch.' TLS

    A master storyteller, Sjón weaves together Greek and Nordic myths with the legacies of the Second World War in this mesmerising novel, which reminds us that everything is capable of change.

    Valdimar Haraldsson is an eccentric Icelander with dubious ideas about the relationship between fish consumption and Nordic superiority. To his delight, in the spring of 1949, he is invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its voyage to the Black Sea.

    He is less delighted with the lack of fish on the menu. Worse, his fellow travellers show no interest in his 'Fish and Culture' lecture. They prefer the enthralling tales of the second mate, Caeneus, who every evening regales them with his adventures aboard the Argo, on Jason's legendary quest for the Golden Fleece.

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