The Blue Fox A Novel [Paperback]

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 Sj?n's slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same. Winner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prizethe Nordic world's highest literary honorThe Blue Foxis part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent.

Already celebrated far beyond his native Iceland, the novels of Sj?n arrive on waves of praise from writers, critics, and readers worldwide. Sj?n has won countless international awards and earned ringing comparisons to Borges, Calvino, and Iceland's other literary superstar, the Nobel Prize winner Halld?r Laxness. He possesses a singular literary voice that captivates through evocative images and startling turns of fate. Sj?n's storytelling, which is as inventive as the sagas of his home country, takes us to mythical worlds interwoven with the history of humanity: InThe Whispering Muse, readers board a sailing vessel in the aftermath of World War II but find themselves transported to ancient Greece. InThe Blue Fox, a hunter's determination raises questions about his approach to life and the survival of the most vulnerable members of his community. AndFrom the Mouth of the Whaletakes us to seventeenth-century Iceland, where persecution and superstition obscure the truths revealed by a compassionate healer.

The questions and topics that follow are designed to enhance your experience of these three unique novels. We hope they enrich your reading group's journeys of mystery and adventure.

Sj?n is the author of, among other works,From the Mouth of the WhaleandThe Whispering Muse. Born in Reykjav?k in1962, hlӥ