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Daughter of Fire: A Portrait of Iceland by Katharine Scherman #TraveltheWorldinBooks
Daughter of Fire: A Portrait of Iceland by Katharine Scherman, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. Whenever I hear just the word Iceland, I feel exhilaration. I picture broad flat terrain, nearly treeless, punctuated by some flat-topped volcanoes and bubbling … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Reviews, Grettir the Strong, Iceland, Icelandic, Njal's Saga, Readathons, Sagas, Travel the World in Books
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Nordic Noir and life at the extremes
“Who will see us? Who can search out our crimes?”–Psalm 64: 6-7 Why so much crime fiction? Detective fiction and police procedurals have emerged as the most characteristic genre writing in Northern countries, enough to have acquired the name, “Nordic … Continue reading
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