The Better of McSweeney’s, Vol. 1
1.990 kr.This book collects some of the best stories from the first ten issues of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, the literary journal that has become one of the country’s most important and influential publications. McSweeney’s began as a small collection of work rejected by other magazines, but it soon began to publish pieces primarily written for the journal, and to attract some of the finest writers in the country. Contributors to Best of McSweeney’s, Volume One include Jonathan Lethem, Glen David Gold, A. M. Homes, David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers, Amanda Davis, George Saunders, Paul Collins, and William Vollmann, as well as many talented newcomers. Stories included here have been selected for The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Best American Short Stories, and one was performed in a regional musical theater.
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Boulder
3.690 kr.Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname ‘Boulder’. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and can’t bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder is less enthused, but doesn’t know how to say no – and so finds herself dragged along on a journey that feels as thankless as it is alien.
With motherhood changing Samsa into a stranger, Boulder must decide where her priorities lie, and whether her yearning for freedom can truly trump her yearning for love. Once again, Eva Baltasar demonstrates her pre-eminence as a chronicler of queer voices navigating a hostile world – and in prose as brittle and beautiful as an ancient saga.
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The Story of Sigur Rós
5.990 kr.The band Sigur Rós had a breakthrough in Iceland when the band’s second album, Ágætis byrjun, was released in June 1999. The album was highly praised and sales exceeded all expectations. The reputation of Ágætis byrjun spread quickly, and foreign journalists and music fans around the world paid a lot of attention to Sigur Rós following the release, as the album ended up being a global hit. Here, the history of the band Sigur Rós will be told from its founding in 1994 until the time that Ágætis byrjun becomes a hit in Iceland and, not long thereafter, around the whole world.
