Kristin Omarsdottir
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'Magical and disturbing' Adam Thirlwell
An astonishing mind-bending novel about a woman's discovery of a community of swan-people from one of Iceland's greatest writers.
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ICELANDIC WOMEN'S LITERATURE PRIZE*
In the not-too-distant future, a young spy named Elisabet Eva is about to discover something that will upend her life.
Elisabet likes to take long solitary walks near the lake. One day, she sees two creatures emerging from the water, half-human, half-swan. She follows them through tangles of thickets into a strange new reality.
Pulled into the monomaniacal, and often violent, quest of the swanfolk, Elisabet finds her own mind increasingly untrustworthy. Soon, she is forced to reckon with the consequences of her involvement with these unusual beings, and a past life she has been trying to evade.
'Omarsdottir's skills as a poet and playwright are evident' Helen Oyeyemi, New York Review of Books -
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An astonishing mind-bending novel about a woman's discovery of a community of swan-people from one of Iceland's greatest writers.
In the not-too-distant future, a young spy named Elisabet Eva is about to discover something that will upend her carefully controlled life.
Elisabet's work is the lynchpin of her existence in the city; her friends and social life centre around the Special Unit. But recently Elisabet has found herself taking long solitary walks near the lake. One day, she sees two creatures emerging from the water, half-human, half-swan. She follows them through tangles of thickets into a strange new reality.
Elisabet's walks turn into regular visits to these swan women, who reveal to her the enigma of their secret existence, and their deepest desires. Pulled further and further into the monomaniacal, and often violent, quest of the swanfolk she finds her own mind increasingly untrustworthy. Ultimately, Elisabet is forced to reckon with both the consequences of her involvement with these unusual beings and a past life she has been trying to evade.
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ICELANDIC WOMEN'S LITERATURE PRIZE*
PRAISE FOR KRISTIN OMARSDOTTIR:
'Omarsdottir's skills as a poet and playwright are evident' Helen Oyeyemi, New York Review of Books -
The White Review No.30
Can Xue, Kristin Omarsdottir, Laura Grace Ford, Jessica Yu, Sofia Samatar
- The white review
- 1 Mars 2021
- 9781916035133
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Waitress in Fall ; Selected Poems
Kristin Omarsdottir
- Carcanet press ltd
- 26 Juillet 2018
- 9781784106829
A selection of poems from Icelandic poet Kristin Omarsdottir's entire thirty-year oeuvre to-date, translated from the original Icelandic.
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Brought to you by Penguin.
An astonishing dystopian novel about a woman's discovery of a community of swan-people from one of Iceland's greatest writers.
In the not-too-distant future, a young spy named Elisabet Eva is about to discover something that will upend her carefully controlled life.
Elisabet's work is the lynchpin of her existence in the city; her friends and social life centre around the Special Unit. But recently Elisabet has found herself taking long solitary walks near the lake. One day, she sees two creatures emerging from the water, half-human, half-swan. She follows them through tangles of thickets into a strange new reality.
Elisabet's walks turn into regular visits to these swan women, who reveal to her the enigma of their secret existence, and their deepest desires. Pulled further and further into the monomaniacal, and often violent, quest of the swanfolk she finds her own mind increasingly untrustworthy. Ultimately, Elisabet is forced to reckon with both the consequences of her involvement with these unusual beings and a past life she has been trying to evade.
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ICELANDIC WOMEN'S FICTION PRIZE*
PRAISE FOR KRISTIN OMARSDOTTIR:
'Omarsdottir's skills as a poet and playwright are evident' Helen Oyeyemi, New York Review of Books
(c) Kristin Omarsdottir 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022 -
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