As, for example, Iceland Review reports, Icelandic Literature Awards Winners Announced.
This being Iceland, where they take literature fairly seriously, the awards were presented by the president of the country, at the presidential residence.
The fiction award went to Illska ('Evil'), by Einar Örn Norðdahl; see, or example, the Forlagið publicity page.
The Forlagið foreign rights catalog (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) suggests it's an ... intriguing (and long) read:
The fiction award went to Illska ('Evil'), by Einar Örn Norðdahl; see, or example, the Forlagið publicity page.
The Forlagið foreign rights catalog (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) suggests it's an ... intriguing (and long) read:
Evil is about the holocaust and about love, about Iceland and Lithuania, about Agnes who becomes lost in herself while Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson, Icelandic ambassador in Lithuania, acknowledges the independence of the Baltic countries and Lithuanian criminals begin operating from Reykjavik, about Agnes who doesn't know whether she is a fan of the B-Ranking World Champions in Handball or of Bogdan Kowalczyk, about Agnes who loves Omar who loves Agnes who loves Arnor. 540 pp