
Art on My Mind: Visual Politics
3.690 kr.‘There must be a revolution in the way we see, the way we look’
In a collection of essays, critiques and interviews, bell hooks responds to the ongoing dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticising art and aesthetics in a world increasingly concerned with identity politics. hooks shares her own experience of the transformative power of art whilst exploring topics ranging from art in education and the home to the politics of space and imagination as a revolutionary tool. She positions her writings on visual politics within the ever-present question of how art can be empowering within the Black community.
Speaking with artists such as Carrie Mae Weems and Alison Saar, and examining the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Art on My Mind is a generous and expansive body of work that has become increasingly relevant since it was first published in 1995. Here is an essential tool for understanding the contemporary moment, and a fundamental text for any reader concerned with making and sustaining a democratic artistic culture.

Seiglazine
1.800 kr.Seiglazine er árlegt tímarit gefið út í tengslum við tónlistarhátíðina Seiglu, sem fer fram í Hörpu aðra helgina í ágúst á hverju ári. Þetta er fyrsta tölublað ritsins en það kemur út í ágúst á hverju ári.
Í ritinu má finna aðsendar greinar, smásögur, ljóð, myndir og teikningar, hugleiðingar, slúður, verkalista og ýmislegt fleira sem barst ritinu í opnu kalli fyrr á árinu, og auk þess er þar að finna hátíðardagskrá Seiglu og upplýsingar um viðburði og flytjendur hátíðarinnar.
Höfundar efnis eru Ásta Kristín Pjetursdóttir, Edda Oskars, Erna Vala Arnardóttir, Guja Sandholt, Hlín Pétursdóttir Behrens, Kristín Einarsdóttir Mäntylä, Lee Marable, Þórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir, Zygmund de Somogyi.

Meet the Elves
3.690 kr.Those who travel around Iceland with an open mind will have a colourful and enjoyable journey ahead of them. With a bit of luck (and GPS navigation) travelers might even encounter an elf – almost no Icelandic farm is without stories of elfdwellings located somewhere on the property.
This book contains a collection of stories and sources that shed light on the relationship between humans and elves in Iceland, from ancient to relatively recent times.

Parade
3.490 kr.Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.
In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.
A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.
The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story – about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.


The Latehomecomer: Essential Stories
3.990 kr.In stories of astonishing compression and insight, Mavis Gallant wrote of characters severed from their home, exiles disconnected from each other and from themselves. Tracing the fault lines of the post-war world in the intimate lives of her characters, she could conjure an entire worldview in a telling gesture or passing comment. This new volume, selected and introduced by Tessa Hadley, collects the finest work from across Gallant’s career.
mavisHere are stories of young men returning from wartime internment to changed families, snobbish social climbers haunted by the words of their downtrodden colleagues, and children peering through glass at the secrets and infidelities of their parents. Complex, moving and painfully true, they secure her position among the world’s great short story writers.


Want
3.690 kr.In this groundbreaking book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous sexual fantasies of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous submission). They are all extraordinary: full of desire, fear, intimacy, shame, satisfaction and, ultimately, liberation.
From dreaming about someone off-limits to conjuring a scene with multiple partners, from sex that is gentle and tender to passionate and playful, from women who have never had sex to women who have had more sex than they can remember, these fantasies provide a window into the most secret part of our minds. Want reveals how women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally themselves.

The City and The House
3.690 kr.Giuseppe is leaving his flat in the city of Rome, where he has lived for more than twenty years, to go and live with his brother in America. He must say goodbye to his cousin Roberta; to his former lover Lucrezia and her husband Piero; and to all his friends who used to gather for weekends at Le Margherite, Lucrezia’s splendid house in the country. But even before Giuseppe’s departure, friendships have begun to fracture as frustrated yearnings and past infidelities strain the bonds.
The sale of Le Margherite marks the end of an era and its old inhabitants and visitors are left to pursue happiness on their own. Their stories unfold through an exchange of letters that reveal with great poignancy the thoughts, passions and desires of the protagonists.

Flóra
5.990 kr.Flóra geymir myndir af flestöllum tegundum íslenskra blómplantna og byrkninga, alls um 460. Hér er megináherslan á að sýna plönturnar sjálfar, fegurð þeirra og sérkenni, fremur en vistfræði, útbreiðslu og flokkunarfræði – því hlutverki gegna fjölmörg önnur verk. Langflestar myndanna eru gerðar eftir lifandi eintökum en annars byggt á bestu heimildum sem völ er á til að gefa sem sannferðugasta mynd af hverri tegund auk þess sem ýmis einkenni eru dregin fram.
Myndir listamannsins Jóns Baldurs Hlíðberg af íslenskri náttúru, dýrum og foldarskarti, eru löngu kunnar hér á landi auk þess að hafa birst víða erlendis og hlotið þar margháttaða viðurkenningu.
Fátt jafnast á við að njóta skrúðs og fjölbreytileika blómanna í náttúrunni sjálfri en þegar því verður ekki við komið er gott að geta notið þeirra í myndasafni eins og því sem hér birtist.


Strange Houses
4.390 kr.A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar.
A child’s face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others.
More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it’s your turn.

On Cats: An Anthology
4.390 kr.In these pages, writers reflect on the curious feline qualities that inspire such devotion in their owners, even when it seems one-sided. Cats’ affections are hard-won and often fickle. Freud considered his cat an embodiment of true egoism; Hilaire Belloc found peace in his feline companion’s complacency; and Hemingway—a famous cat-lover—wrote of drinking with his eleven cats and the pleasant distraction they gave him.
Edward Gorey can’t turn down a stray despite the trouble they cause him, and admits he has no idea what they’re thinking about; Muriel Spark gives practical advice on how to teach a cat to play ping-pong; Nikola Tesla, who helped design the modern electricity supply system, describes a seminal experience with a cat that first sparked his fascination with electricity; and Caitlin Moran considers the unexpected feelings of loss after the death of her family cat.
These writers, and many others (including Mary Gaitskill, Alice Walker, Ursula K. Le Guin, John Keats, James Bowen, Lynne Truss, and more), paint a joyful portrait of cats and their mysterious and loveable ways. As Hemingway wrote, “one cat leads to another.” The book features six black-and-white cat portraits by photographer Elliot Ross.


Creation Lake
3.490 kr.This summer, meet Sadie Smith: seductive, cunning and going undercover – the Booker-shortlisted, wickedly entertaining New York Times bestseller.

The Mark
3.490 kr.The Icelandic Psychological Association has prepared a test. They call it a sensitivity assessment: a way of measuring a person’s empathy and identifying the potential for anti-social behaviour.
In a few days’ time, Iceland will vote on whether to make the test compulsory for every citizen. The nation is bitterly divided. Some believe the test makes society safer; others decry it as a violation.
As the referendum draws closer, four people – Vetur, Eyja, Tristan and Ólafur – find themselves caught in the teeth of the debate. Each of them will have to reckon with uncomfortable questions: Where do the rights of society end and the rights of the individual begin? When does utopia become dystopia?No matter which side wins, they will all have to find a way to live with the result.

The End Of Eddy
3.490 kr.Édouard Louis grew up in a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. His bestselling debut novel about life there, The End of Eddy, has sparked debate on social inequality, sexuality and violence. It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood, inspired by the author’s own.
Written with an openness and compassionate intelligence, ultimately, it asks, how can we create our own freedom?

Rósa og Björk
4.690 kr.Hvað varð um Rósu og Björk, yngri systur lögreglukonunnar Hildar, sem hurfu fyrir vestan árið 1994? Í öll þau ár sem liðin eru hefur ekkert til þeirra spurst en nú er Hildur loks komin á spor sem gæti leitt hana áleiðis að lausn gátunnar. Það þarf samt kjark til að horfast í augu við fortíðina …
Lögreglulífið á Ísafirði er líka allt annað en rólegt og lítill tími til að sinna öðru. Einn af máttarstólpum bæjarins, athafnamaður sem situr í sveitarstjórn, er skotinn til bana uppi í fjalli og Hildur og félagar eru ráðþrota. Hinn myrti var umdeildur, tókst á við pólitíska andstæðinga og einkalífið var skrautlegt svo að ýmsir gætu hafa viljað hann feigan. Og um götur Reykjavíkur reikar manneskja sem á harma að hefna.
Satu Rämö hefur slegið í gegn með bókunum um hina vestfirsku Hildi. Satu er finnsk en hefur búið lengi á Íslandi. Glæpasögur hennar hafa selst í bílförmum í Finnlandi, Þýskalandi og víðar. Sú fyrsta, Hildur, varð metsölubók hér heima – Rósa og Björk er æsispennandi framhald.
Erla Elíasdóttir Völudóttir þýddi.

Tímaráðuneytið
4.690 kr.Ung kona sækir um háleynilegt og vellaunað starf á vegum hins opinbera í Bretlandi. Hún er ráðin og í ljós kemur að það tengist tímaferðalagsverkefni stjórnvalda sem reynist svo yfirgripsmikið að það þarfnast sérstaks ráðuneytis; tímaráðuneytis. Starfið felst í því að taka á móti einstaklingum sem hafa verið fluttir til nútímans frá fortíðinni og sjóliðsforinginn Graham Gore, þekktur nítjándu aldar maður sem tók þátt í frægum heimskautaleiðangri á skipinu Erebus, er fyrsti brottflutti einstaklingurinn sem hún aðstoðar við að aðlagast nútímanum. Brátt takast með þeim eldheitar ástir.
Tímaráðuneytið er allt í senn spennandi njósnatryllir, falleg ástarsaga sveipuð vísindaskáldsöguljóma og áleitin og djúp frásögn um það að tilheyra tilteknum stað og tíma. Þetta er fyrsta saga Kaliane Bradley og hefur hún slegið rækilega í gegn víða um heim. Hún var á metsölulista New York Times og valin besta bók ársins 2024 af ýmsum miðlum.

Jarðtengd norðurljós
4.590 kr.Jarðtengd norðurljós inniheldur áður óbirt ljóð af ýmsu tagi, óbundin, háttbundin og yrkisefnin fjölbreytileg.

Eldri konur
4.590 kr.Ég hef alltaf verið rótlaus og vannærð. Þegar ég kynntist áfengi fannst mér eins og ég væri gróðursett í sólríkan lund. Tilveran fékk á sig fagurgulan blæ eins og horft væri gegnum litað gler. Allt varð bærilegra. Fljótlega fór ég þó út í harðara efni.
Efnið mitt gerir mig heila, fyllir mig krafti, lífi, fær mig til að engjast um af fráhvörfum og þráhyggju, lemja, slá, fær mig umsvifalaust til að steypa mér í glötun.
Efnið mitt er eldri konur.
Ung kona gefur rapport af þráhyggju sinni fyrir eldri konum og rekur líf sitt frá barnæsku til fullorðinsára gegnum frásagnir af konum sem hafa heltekið hana.
Eldri konur er röntgenmynd af ástandi. Við kynnumst konunni með ólíkum brotum af sögu hennar, uppvexti í flóknum heimilisaðstæðum, mismunandi vinnustöðum, vináttu, ástum, sigrum og ósigrum.

Himintungl yfir heimsins ystu brún (kilja)
4.590 kr.Hvort er mikilvægara, að segja sannleikann eða vernda þá sem maður elskar? Árið er 1615, og veröldin er gengin úr lagi, því jörðin er ekki lengur miðdepill alheimsins. Presturinn Pétur á Meyjarhóli skrifar bréf – eða skýrslu, jafnvel ákæruskjal – til að henda reiður á atburðum sem hafa skekið sveitina á Brúnasandi og kippt stoðum undan tilveru hans og ástvina hans.
Himintungl yfir heimsins ystu brún er saga sem talar til samtímans aftan úr öldum, um ástina, mennskuna og ábyrgðina sem við berum hvert á öðru. Hún dregur upp ljóslifandi mynd af opinni, forvitinni og ástríðufullri öld, þar sem ný vísindi takast á við trúna, og penninn er beittari en sverðið.
Jón Kalman Stefánsson er fæddur árið 1963. Himintungl yfir heimsins ystu brún er hans fimmtánda skáldsaga. Fjarvera þín er myrkur (2020) hlaut virt frönsk verðlaun LePoint og France Inter sem besta þýdda skáldsagan vorið 2022. Jón Kalman hlaut Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin árið 2005 fyrir Sumarljós, og svo kemur nóttin.
Bækur hans hafa verið þýddar á yfir 30 tungumál.

Touch
3.490 kr.When the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, sending him into a spiral of uncertainty, even as his memory seems to be failing. But an uncanny bolt from the blue—a message from Miko Nakamura, a woman whom he’d known in the sixties when they were students in London—both inspires and rattles him, as he is drawn inexorably back into a love story that has marked him for life. Even as the pandemic upends his world, Kristofer finds himself pulled toward an answer to the mystery of Miko’s sudden departure decades before, compelling him to travel to London and Japan as the virus threatens to shut everything down.
A heart-wrenching love story and an absorbing mystery, Touch delves into the secrets of the past to explore the hidden lives that we all possess, the pain and beauty of our past loves and friendships that continue to leave their mark on us. Searching and lyrically rendered by acclaimed author Olaf Olafsson, Touch is a stunning tribute to the weight of history and the complexities of the human heart.

