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Sjón

Born

in Reykjavík, Iceland

August 27, 1962

Website

http://sjon.siberia.is/

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Mihail Bulgakov, Halldór Laxness, Italo Calvino, Bruno Schulz ...more

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Sjón (Sigurjón B. Sigurðsson) was born in Reykjavik on the 27th of August, 1962. He started his writing career early, publishing his first book of poetry, Sýnir (Visions), in 1978. Sjón was a founding member of the surrealist group, Medúsa, and soon became significant in Reykjavik's cultural landscape.

Since then, his prolific writing drove him to pen song lyrics, scripts for movies and of course novels such as The Blue Fox. ...more

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Average rating: 3.64 · 17,593 ratings · 2,537 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blue Fox by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 7,743 ratings — published 2003 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón, Betty Wahl (Übersetzer), Victoria Cribb (Translation) 3.48 avg rating — 1,834 ratings — published 2008 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whispering Muse by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translation) 3.44 avg rating — 1,781 ratings — published 2005 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CoDex 1962: A Trilogy by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translation) 3.74 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 2016 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Milk: A Novel by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translator) 3.33 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dina ögon såg mig: En kärlekssaga 3.55 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Blue Winter Overcoat & Other Stories from the North by Sjón (Editor), Ted Hodgkinson 3.29 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sur la paupière de mon père 3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Engill, pípuhattur og jarðarber 3.09 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ljóðasafn, 1978-2008 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Leo Löwe Trilogy (2 books)
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Quotes by Sjón (?)

“I have seen the universe! It is made of poems!”
― Sjon, The Blue Fox

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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

tags: life-and-living, strange, wise

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“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

tags: from-the-mouth-of-the-whale, sjon

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Polls

BoTM- September Sides Reads- 1st Poll

Top five books move onto the second round!

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini

14 votes, 23.0%

We Are Called to Rise

by Laura McBride

8 votes, 13.1%

Before I Go to Sleep

by S.J. Watson

8 votes, 13.1%

Things We Didn't Say

by Kristina Riggle

6 votes, 9.8%

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

by Anthony Marra

5 votes, 8.2%

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

5 votes, 8.2%

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

by Jonathan Safran Foer

3 votes, 4.9%

The Blue Fox

by Sjón

3 votes, 4.9%

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

3 votes, 4.9%

The Price of Salt, or Carol

by Patricia Highsmith

2 votes, 3.3%

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Harriet Jacobs

2 votes, 3.3%

A Fall of Marigolds

by Susan Meissner

2 votes, 3.3%

61 total votes

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