Bragi Ólafsson

Broschiertes Buch

The Pets

Beschreibung

Hilarious book about a man trapped under his bed while his arch-nemesis parties in his living room.

Autor

Bragi Ólafsson is the author of several books of poetry and short stories, and four novels, including Time Off, which was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 1999 (as was The Pets), and Party Games, for which Bragi received the DV Cultural Prize in 2004. The Ambassador, available from Open Letter, was a finalist for the 2008 Nordic Literature Prize and received the Icelandic Bookseller's Award as best novel of the year. Bragi is one of the founders of the publishing company Smekkleysa (Bad Taste), and has translated Paul Auster's City of Glass into Icelandic. He is also a former bass player with The Sugarcubes, the internationally successful pop group that featured Bjürk as the lead vocalist. Janice Balfour studied literature and Italian at the University of Iceland. In addition to Bragi Ólafsson, she has translated two collections of short stories by Gydir Elíasson.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Letter
• Seitenzahl: 157
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9781940953298
• ISBN-10: 1940953294
• Artikelnr.: 42611198