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Olaf er kun seks år, da hans far bliver fordrevet fra landsbyen, uden drengen helt forstår hvorfor. Nu er der ingen til at tage sig af ham, og de andre i landsbyen giver ham bare besked på at gå sin vej. De siger, at han nok skal få mad og husly, når han kommer til en gård. Men Olaf er ikke så sikker. Ensomheden er ulidelig for den lille dreng, der nu er overladt helt til sig selv.-

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»Doch schön ist's mit den Sternen zu wandern und gleich ihnen in Bewegung zu sein.« - Motto einer besonderen und nicht ungefährlichen Adventswanderung, von einem der großen Erzähler der isländischen Literatur, 1936 zuerst in deutscher Sprache erschienen - bei Reclam. Das Nachwort von Jón Kalman Stefánsson erzählt die Geschichte hinter dieser Geschichte von Benedikt und seinen Freunden (die Hemingway den Anstoß gab, »Der alte Mann und das Meer«...

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Excerpt from The Good ShepherdBenedikt was always alone on this Advent Journey of his - that is, no man went with him. To be sure he had his dog along and his bell-wether. The dog he had at this time was called Leo, and as Benedikt put it, he earned his name, for truly he was a Pope among dogs. The wether was named Gnarly, that was because he was so tough.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

Excerpt from The Good ShepherdBenedikt was always alone on this Advent Journey of his - that is, no man went with him. To be sure he had his dog along and his bell-wether. The dog he had at this time was called Leo, and as Benedikt put it, he earned his name, for truly he was a Pope among dogs. The wether was named Gnarly, that was because he was so tough.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bo...

1802 wurde in Island ein Liebespaar verurteilt, weil beide angeblich ihre jeweiligen Ehegatten aus dem Weg geräumt hatten. Gunnar Gunnarsson studierte die Akten dieses Falls und verwandelte sie in einen sprachlich eleganten und raffiniert gebauten Roman. 1929 erstmals erschienen, gilt er immer noch als der »unübertroffene isländische Krimi Nr. 1«.

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Excerpt from Der Geächtete: RomanDort wie bier qbenn ibn nur auf mid) gebört hättet Qißet baß naviit if)e ia nicht, if)e ba'itit aiie buecbeinanber, ni8 märet ibn total ßeioffen qbeici, eine von ®nmm= föpfen 2lßet it tverbe id) enté ein Säieb norfin gen!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. For...

Excerpt from Der Geächtete: RomanDort wie bier qbenn ibn nur auf mid) gebört hättet Qißet baß naviit if)e ia nicht, if)e ba'itit aiie buecbeinanber, ni8 märet ibn total ßeioffen qbeici, eine von ®nmm= föpfen 2lßet it tverbe id) enté ein Säieb norfin gen!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. For...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of IcelandN the red light of the fire in the midst of the hall, the I age-browned pillars of the high-seat stood forth strongly lit in the middle of the main wall, against the background of smoky darkness which spread behind. The bright glow threw into relief the carved images of the gods, weird and grotesque shapes which kept chang ing as the fire blazed up or sank in its embers.Upon t...

Excerpt from Guest the One-EyedHe had come from the trading station, and was on his way home to his own hut in the mountains, the store-keeper had refused to grant him further credit, and in consequence, he had chosen to return by this lonely track across the hills, where he was sure of meeting no one on his way. It was hard to come home at Christmas-time with empty hands to empty pots and hungry mouths.His only comfort was the snow. It fell s...