The Blue Fox
by Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb
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“A slim, dark and powerful work of magical realism which reads almost like a fable. It follows the obsessive quest of 19th-century pastor Baldur Skuggason through treacherous winter terrain to hunt down a wily and elusive blue fox for its fur. I will always remember how haunted I was by this novel. Perhaps ‘haunted’ is not even the right word—the experience was so physical. Sjón is a master of deft and intricate plot strokes, playing with time as if it is a skein of yarn.” Read more...
Sarah Thomas, Memoirist
