Litvindar
4.890 kr.Björg Örvar er myndlistarkona og skáld. Um tíu ára skeið bjó hún á Stokkseyri og var þar með vinnustofu. Dvölin á Stokkseyri var henni mikill innblástur og eru flest ljóðin þaðan runnin. Áður hafa komið út eftir Björgu ljóðabók og skáldsaga.
Ágúst og íslenska veðrið
4.390 kr.Hér er Ágúst – lundi sem elskar ævintýri! Hann ákveður að dvelja á Íslandi yfir veturinn og lendir í vetrarstormi. Með hjálp vitru uglunnar Júlíu uppgötvar hann norðurljósin og lærir hvernig ský, þoka og regnbogar myndast. Hlý og fyndin saga um veður, vináttu og bláberjakökur, fullkomin fyrir forvitna landkönnuði.
Kæri fáviti
4.690 kr.Í Kæri fáviti skiptast þrjár ólíkar raddir á að segja frá – útskúfaður rithöfundur, þekkt leikkona og róttækur femínisti. Í gegnum tölvupóstsamskipti þeirra fáum við innlit í heim sem er gegnsýrður af kynbundinni valdbeitingu, afleiðingum #MeToo, fíkn, vináttu og leit að merkingu í heimi sem virðist oft vera að hrynja.
Kæri fáviti er óþægilega heiðarleg og snjöll samtímasaga frá einum áhrifamesta höfundi Frakklands. Bókin varð að metsölubók og hratt af stað mikilli umræðu um kynferðislega áreitni og jafnrétti á tímum samfélagsmiðla.
New Yorker valdi Kæra fávita á lista yfir bestu bækur ársins 2024.
Kristín Jónsdóttir þýddi úr frönsku.
Spadework for a Palace
4.390 kr.Spadework for a Palace bears the subtitle “Entering the Madness of Others” and offers an epigraph: “Reality is no obstacle.” Indeed. This high-octane obsessive rant vaults over all obstacles, fueled by the idées fixe of a “gray little librarian” with fallen arches whose name—mr herman melvill—is merely one of the coincidences binding him to his lodestar Herman Melville (“I too resided on East 26th Street . . . I, too, had worked for a while at the Customs Office”), which itself is just one aspect of his also being “constantly conscious of his connectedness” to Lebbeus Woods, to the rock that is Manhattan, to the “drunkard Lowry” and his Lunar Caustic, to Bartok. And with this consciousness of connection he is not only gaining true knowledge of Melville, but also tracing the paths to “a Serene Paradise of Knowledge.” Driven to save that Palace (a higher library he also serves), he loses his job and his wife leaves him, but “people must be told the truth: there is no dualism in existence.” And his dream will be “realized, for I am not giving up: I am merely a day-laborer, a spade-worker on this dream, a herman melvill, a librarian from the lending desk, currently an inmate at Bellevue, but at the same time—may I say this?—actually a Keeper of the Palace.”
Larfur Lauks: Lifandi og deyjandi í Reykjavík
4.990 kr.Brúnt slabb, öskrandi rok, syndaaflausn í eftirpartýi, geislavirk kvennfyrirlitning, æla í pítsukassa, mótsagnir í dós, adrenalín-perrar og 18 ára heimdellingur með fortnite-vandamál. Brotinn kjálki eftir rafhlaupahjólaslys, tæpur gaur með pit viper gleraugu, lifandi á fornri frægð og mamma þín er að chilla með fólki sem þú þekkir ekki.
Í slysabarni íslensku þjóðarinnar, Reykjavík, leynast tuttugu-og-eitthvað ára stefnuleysingjar á víð og dreif um göturnar. Þeir sveiflast um á milli láglaunastarfa, skrá sig í og úr námi, allt gert á ísland.is í hálfkæringi á djamminu. Mjólkin súrnuð, atvinnuleysisbæturnar búnar, morgundagurinn er ekkert nema svikull vinur.
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
4.390 kr.One winter evening bestselling crime author, Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing.
There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it’s leaked to the press.
As he interviews the people closest to her – a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge – he realises that Elín’s life wasn’t what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than her stories.
As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of a very unexpected life . . .
Annah, Infinite
5.490 kr.This is an escape story.
In Annah, Infinite, the dominant narratives surrounding Paul Gauguin’s famous painting Annah la Javanaise (1893-94) are turned upside down. The book argues a simple point: what if the portrait is not one of a consenting muse, but a child in pain?
Annah, Infinite questions the colonial power that has defined the infamous subject’s unknown history. Through the mythology of Annah, Okka draws attention to the systems of ablenormativity, racism, and sexism that shape what we learn of art history and what we see on museum walls.
Alongside her critique, the author engages with Annah la Javanaise through poetry, fiction, and visual art. A work of emotional heft, Okka asks us to acknowledge the possibility of pain in every single portrait, as well as the possibility of escape.
Scorsese on Filmmaking and Faith
4.390 kr.Over the course of eight years, Martin Scorsese and Jesuit theologian Antonio Spadaro discussed filmmaking and faith.
From his Catholic upbringing amidst the brutality of 1950s New York to the heights of Hollywood, Scorsese sketches a unique self-portrait. And from Mean Streets to Killers of the Flower Moon – and especially the spiritual reckonings of The Last Temptation of Christ and Silence – he grants readers a new understanding of his films. Reflecting on grace and violence, fear and hope, passion and belief, these rich and intimate conversations offer a remarkable insight into the director’s life and work.
The Setting Sun
3.690 kr.Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948. But the influence of his book has made “people of the setting sun” a permanent part of the Japanese language, and his heroine, Kazuko, a young aristocrat who deliberately abandons her class, a symbol of the anomie which pervades so much of the modern world.
The Wedding People
3.490 kr.Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel in Rhode Island wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken for one of the wedding people – but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall Inn who isn’t here for the big event.
When the bride discovers her elaborate destination wedding could be ruined by a divorced and depressed stranger, she is furious. Lila has spent months accounting for every detail and every possible disaster – except for, well, Phoebe . . . Soon, both women find their best-laid plans derailed and an unlikely confidante in one another.
Hilarious and moving, The Wedding People is an irresistible novel about love, friendship, dysfunctional families, and the unexpected paths that lead to happiness.
Service
4.390 kr.What’s this book about? Is there a restroom? Do you have gluten-free bagels? Do you work here? Do you have a restroom? Do I buy books or rent books or what?
Still a bookseller in his late forties, Sean knows that the worst thing about a bookshop is the customers. Then there’s the gift-wrapping, the invoicing, the Yelp reviews. The overwhelming sense of self-loathing after another day of not writing a novel yourself.
While Sean’s book remains unfinished, his city has changed around him. As have friends and acquaintances, at least the ones who keep in touch. The service industry is different, too. But what, or whom, is he serving anyway?
Biting, hilarious and self-aware, John Tottenham’s debut novel is a razor-sharp dissection of gentrification, friendship, jealousy and the role of literature in a digital age.
Wild Dark Shore
3.490 kr.Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny weather-lashed island that is home to the world’s largest seed bank. As Shearwater risks being lost to rising sea levels, the island’s researchers have fled, and only the Salts remain.
Until, during the worst storm in living memory, a stranger washes ashore. The family nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, but it seems she isn’t telling the whole truth about why she’s there. And when Rowan stumbles upon sabotaged radios and a recently dug grave, she realises that she’s not the only one on the island with a secret.
A novel of breathtaking twists and dizzying beauty, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love.