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Sjón
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born
in Reykjavík, Iceland
August 27, 1962
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The Blue Fox
by Sjón, Victoria Cribb — published 2011 — 26 editions |
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From the Mouth of the Whale
by Sjón, Victoria Cribb — published 2008 — 10 editions |
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The Whispering Muse
by Sjón, Victoria Cribb — published 2005 — 11 editions |
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Dina ögon såg mig
by Sjón, Anna Gunnarsdotter Grönberg — published 1994 — 8 editions |
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Sur la paupière de mon père
— published 2001 — 4 editions |
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Engill, pípuhattur og jarðarber
— published 1989 |
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Ljóðasafn, 1978-2008
— published 2008 |
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Myrkar fígúrur
— published 1998 |
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Stálnótt
— published 1987 |
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Drengurinn með röntgenaugun
— published 1986 |
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“And I would have answered:
"The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder it is to find it a place among the smooth planks, the more people agree that it should be thrown on the fire, the more useless it is, the more unsuitable for anything except letting one's imagination run riot, the more I covet it, the more I yearn to weigh it in my hand, the more I long to let my whittling knife be guided by its knots and veins...Yes, bring that piece to me...”
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale
"The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder it is to find it a place among the smooth planks, the more people agree that it should be thrown on the fire, the more useless it is, the more unsuitable for anything except letting one's imagination run riot, the more I covet it, the more I yearn to weigh it in my hand, the more I long to let my whittling knife be guided by its knots and veins...Yes, bring that piece to me...”
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale
“Balderdash, I say, let the sword turn into an adder and the adder a salmon and the salmon a birch twig and birch twig a sword and the sword a tongue...Let it all run together so swiftly that it cannot be separated again...”
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale
“I felt the heat of the animosity they bear towards me, the vindictive nature that drives a man to destroy his neighbour in a fire as if he were a banned book...for what is the difference? Every book is imbued with the human spirit.”
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale
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