Book Report: The Story of the Blue Planet
My latest dive into Icelandic literature is The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snær Magnason, translated by Julian Meldon D’Arcy. At first every...
Book Report: 101 Reykjavík
You’re supposed to read the book first. The movie is never as good and it will limit your imagination when you do read the book....
My First Time
Within hours of my arrival in Sweden, I found myself surrounded by tall, thin boys shaking seawater out of their blonde hair, naked except for...
Book Report: Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell is a ghost story. No, that’s not true. Heaven and Hell, by Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson, is merely narrated by ghosts....
The Rendezvous
Before there were blogs, I spent a quarter studying sustainable development in southern India. I maintained an email distribution list of friends who wanted updates...