The Whispering Muse

Name: The Whispering Muse
Author: Sjón Sigurdsson

by Sjón Sigurdsson

Experimental novel blending art, mythology, and intellectual discourse in Iceland

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Sjón Sigurdsson

Icelandic novelist and poet who writes in Icelandic and is widely read in English translation. The Whispering Muse and CoDex 1962 are among his most celebrated works. He is the most internationally celebrated Icelandic author after Halldór Laxness.

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