Query: Books from Iceland that aren't about Iceland
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Walking into the Night
Björk: Archives
Björk (book)
Justice Undone
The Blue Fox (novel)
Hrafnaspark
Angels of the Universe (novel)
Paradísarborgin
Hnífur Abrahams
Evidence from documents: Walking into the Night: For twenty years Christian Benediktsson has led a quiet life as the butler to William Randolph Hearst, the greatest newspaper magnate in the world. His days are filled with the rituals of Hearst’s life and the demands of running a grand household. But in his most private thoughts and memories, he relives another life: once a husband and father in Iceland, he abandoned his family for an actress in New York, where his affair ended in death and financial ruin. Retreating from his previous existence, he ended up at Hearst’s castle in California. No one else knows the secret of the man he once was—husband, father, businessman, lover—and, ultimately, even he will choose to forget that this person ever existed.
Björk (book): '''''Björk''''' or '''''Björk as a book''''' is a 192-page coffee table book published by the Icelandic singer and composer Björk Guðmundsdóttir (2001), designed by M/M Paris.
To coincide with the release of fifth studio album ''Vespertine'' (2001), Björk released a photo-book. The eponymous book has been created by Björk and has been edited and designed by celebrated Paris based design firm M/M (Paris) who, along with photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, have also created the artwork for ''Vespertine'' and directed the video for the first single off the album, Hidden Place. The photograph on the rear cover of the book is an early test shot for the video. The book is non-chronological and all the images have been specifically chosen to illustrate this creative process.
Justice Undone: '''Justice Undone''''' (Icelandic: ''Grámosinn glóir'') is a novel by Icelandic author Thor Vilhjálmsson. It was published in 1986.


This crime story is based on an Icelandic trial dating back to the 19th century when two half-siblings were accused of having committed incest. The novel pivots on the magistrate of the trial who has just returned from his studies in Copenhagen.
The Blue Fox (novel): ''The Blue Fox''''' () is a 2003 novel by Icelandic writer Sjón. The book was originally published by Bjartur and first published in the United States in 2013.
The book takes place in Iceland in 1883. It opens with a priest hunting a blue fox, then jumps backward to the days leading up to the hunt. An herbalist buries the recently deceased woman with Down syndrome that he rescued from a shipwreck
Hrafnaspark: Books from Iceland: '''''Hrafnaspark''''' is a short Icelandic young adults' novel by Eysteinn Björnsson.
aren't about Iceland: Hrafn gets into an argument with a history teacher at school over the legitimacy of Western imperialism, specifically in relation to the Vietnam War and Iraq War. Appalled at his teacher's right-wing views and callous treatment of Hrafn, Hrafn and a friend break into the school at night while high on ecstasy and vandalise the history classroom (particularly by writing on the walls, hence the novel's title).
Angels of the Universe (novel): '''''Angels of the Universe''''' () is a 1995 novel by Icelandic author Einar Már Guðmundsson. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1995.


In 2000, it was adapted into the feature film ''Angels of the Universe''.
Paradísarborgin: Books from Iceland: '''''Paradísarborgin''''' ('the city of paradise') is a 2009 novel by Óttar M. Norðfjörð, published by Sögur in Reykjavík.
aren't about Iceland: The story focuses on the one-handed man, and is a character study of this self-conscious, somewhat anxious and melancholic figure.
Hnífur Abrahams: Books from Iceland: '''''Hnífur Abrahams''''' (''Abraham's Dagger'') is a 2007 crime thriller by Óttar M. Norðfjörð. It was a best-seller, and was nominated for the 2008 Drop of Blood prize, Iceland's main prize for crime fiction
aren't about Iceland: The events of the novel take place over the course of one day, set against a background of post-9/11 tension between Christian and Muslim identities in New York.