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The Loves of My Life
Original price was: 5.690 kr..3.414 kr.Current price is: 3.414 kr..With his trademark wit, candour and relentlessly perceptive eye, Edmund White, the beloved 85-year-old ‘paterfamilias of queer literature’ (New York Times) delves unflinchingly into the aspect of his life which has inspired so many of his masterpieces: sex.
Documenting everything from covert fumblings in the repressed American Midwest of the 1950’s to the Arcadian gay debauchery of New York in the 1970’s; through the terror of HIV and the age of sex on the apps, White has seen – and experienced – it all.
Unyieldingly honest, outrageously raucous and arrestingly touching, The Loves of My Life can but further cement White’s unquestionable role at the apex of the gay canon.
The Galdrabók – Forbidden Icelandic Folk Magic
4.990 kr.„Write these letters on white vellum with your blood.“
Once forbidden by the church on penalty of severe punishment and even death, Iceland’s occult symbols have been subject to a remarkable transformation over the past few decades: They can now commonly be seen used as tattoos, in media such as video games, and even as components of business logos. Most books containing these symbols, known as grimoires, were confiscated and destroyed. However, a small number survived, most famously the Galdrabók. In this new and approachable edition of the Galdrabók, folklorist Kári Pálsson presents his original English translation and an edition of the grimoire’s original Icelandic text beside another grimoire never before published: the unique and quite mysterious Jarðskinna manuscript.
Guðrún Bergsdóttir – Hugarheimar / Inner Worlds
8.990 kr.Hugarheimar er bók um útsaumslistakonuna Guðrúnu Bergsdóttur. Guðrún var fædd árið 1970 og lést í janúar 2024. Hún var fædd með fötlun sem setti mark sitt á líf hennar en hindraði hana þó ekki í að gera einstök útsaumslistaverk þar sem flæða saman litir og form, sprottin úr hennar hugarheimi. Bókin inniheldur myndir af verkum Guðrúnar, auk greina um verk hennar og feril eftir Aðalstein Ingólfsson, Margréti M. Norðdahl og Eggert Pétursson. Harpa Björnsdóttir ritstýrði og Ármann Agnarsson hannaði.
Here is Iceland!
4.590 kr.Every spring, over fifty species of migratory birds come to Iceland and lay their eggs in the mild and bright Arctic summer. In the winter snow covers the ground and Northern Lights light up the sky. In Here is Iceland you can read all about this volcanic island: its birds and mammals, mountains and shores, hot springs and geysers, people and culture – through spring, summer, fall and winter.
Here is Iceland! by Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Linda Ólafsdóttir was welcomed by Icelandic readers of all ages. The book was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award and received the Women’s Literary Award, the Reykjavík City Literary Award for illustrations, and the award of the Association of Icelandic Graphic Designers.