Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas‘s debut memoir, The Raven’s Nest (Atlantic Books 2022), won a 2023 Nautilus Book Award, was longlisted for the inaugural Nan Shepherd Prize and shortlisted for the 2021 Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize. She has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies and lives in Scotland.
Books by Sarah Thomas
The Raven's Nest: An Icelandic Journey Through Light and Darkness
by Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas's debut memoir, set in a remote, starkly beautiful region of Iceland, is moving meditation on landscape and identity.
Interviews with Sarah Thomas
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Heaven and Hell
by Jón Kalman Stefánson, translated by Philip Roughton -
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Land of Love and Ruins
by Oddný Eir, translated by Philip Roughton -
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The Blue Fox
by Sjón, translated by Victoria Cribb -
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On Time and Water
by Andri Snaer Magnason, translated by Lytton Smith -
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The Social Life of Dreams: A Thousand Years of Negotiated Meanings in Iceland
by Adrienne Heijnen
The best books on Iceland, recommended by Sarah Thomas
The best books on Iceland, recommended by Sarah Thomas
Those seeking insight into the otherworldly landscape and unique culture of Iceland would do well to read these five books, ranging from a work of ethnography to a spellbinding fantasy novel, selected for us by the award-winning memoirist Sarah Thomas. In Iceland, she explains, the landscape “is a protagonist, not a backdrop; one from which we can learn everything we need to know.”
