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Varurð
3.790 kr.Varurð er sjötta bók höfundar. Fimm ljóðanna hafa þegar hlotið verðlaun og viðurkenningar. Í bókinni býðst lesendum að reima á sig skóna og halda með höfundi í ljóðför um oddhvassar lendur óttans; allt frá upptökum hans að óumflýjanlegum átökunum við hann. Nestuð áræði, einlægni og varurð er áfangastaðurinn langþráð frelsið, friðurinn og fögnuðurinn sem bíður þeirra sem fletta af sér öllu því sem þeir töldu sig vera og kasta sér kviknaktir út í ógnvekjandi eldskírnina.
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Einurð
3.790 kr.Einurð er sjöunda bók höfundar. Lesanda er hér boðið í ljóðför um hugarheim barns – og síðar fullorðins einstaklings – sem ávarpar móður sína allt frá þeim degi og þeirri nóttu sem eitt líf slokknar og annað kviknar. Þar sem form og formleysi mætast. Þar sem hughrif, kenndir og geðhrif móta einstaklinginn á viðkvæmasta skeiði hans – í móðurlífinu. Lokaljóð bókarinnar, sem er í senn meginstef og niðurstaða verksins, hlaut fyrstu verðlaun í árlegri ljóðasamkeppni Júlíönu – hátíð sögu og bóka 2023.
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Hell
2.490 kr.Lay down all hope, you that go in by me . . .
Through the gates of Hell, past whirling hurricanes, leering devils and rivers of blood, lies the ultimate evil: Satan himself. Masterfully translated by Dorothy L. Sayers, this first instalment of The Divine Comedy tells the captivating tale of Dante and Virgil’s arduous journey through the nine circles of the underworld, and remains one of the most influential works in literary history.
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The Book of the New Sun – Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
3.690 kr.An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. The torturer’s apprentice, Severian, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners, is now the Lictor of Thrax, a city far distant from his home. But it is not long before Severian must flee this city, too, and journey again into the world.
Embattled by friends and enemies alike, pursued by monstrous creatures, the one-time torturer’s apprentice must overcome hitherto unimagined perils, as he moves closer to fulfilling his ultimate destiny. This edition contains the concluding two volumes of this four-volume novel, The Sword of the Lictor and The Citadel of the Autarch.
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Jasmine Tea
2.490 kr.But how sweet a fruit the ‘suppose’ must be, that people will sup and sup on it! A juicy fruit, like a lychee but without the pit, sparkling and light green: a fruit that hides the tart within the sweet.
In this haunting collection of stories, a young man’s obsession leads to tragedy and a woman’s bitterness poisons a family’s legacy. In delicate, piercing prose, Chang captures a world of quiet cruelties and calamitous desires in pre-revolutionary China.
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Can Socialists be Happy?
2.490 kr.No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one.
Unfailingly wise and often startlingly prophetic, George Orwell’s essays are masterpieces of plain English prose. This stirring new collection brings together his most cherished pieces with lesser-known gems, ranging over everything from tree planting to living with the atom bomb, sleeping rough to the perils of getting what you want in politics.
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Coal
2.490 kr.I am Black because I come from the earth’s insidenow take my word for jewel in the open light.
Impassioned and profound, the poems in Coal showcase Audre Lorde in all her dazzling elegance and multiplicity. Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection is a testament to Lorde’s beloved and hugely influential lyric voice, which faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. These timeless poems resonate down the years.
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Ég heyrði ugluna kalla á mig
4.390 kr.Í Kingcome-byggð við norðvesturströnd Kanada hefur fólk búið öldum saman í sátt og samlyndi við náttúruna. En nútíminn hefur hafið innreið sína með tilheyrandi vandamálum og aldagamalt veiðimannasamfélagið á undir högg að sækja. Ungur prestur sest að í byggðinni og í samvistum við innfædda öðlast hann nýjan skilning á lífinu, ekki síst mætti kærleikans.
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Baron Bagge
2.490 kr.Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine guns. But instead of meeting certain death, he and his brigade pass, unscathed, into a peaceful, otherworldly country where festivities are in full swing… Alexander Lernet-Holenia, championed in his lifetime by Roberto Calasso, Stefan Zweig and Rainer Maria Rilke, triumphs in this dreamlike novel of mystery and yearning.