Query: Books from Iceland that are not about the Arctic
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Memoir of Halldór Laxness
Angels of the Universe (novel)
Hrafnaspark
Hnefi eða vitstola orð
Justice Undone
Hnífur Abrahams
Björk (book)
Gerpla
The Blue Fox (novel)
Walking into the Night
Paradísarborgin
Evidence from documents: Memoir of Halldór Laxness: Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík
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.
Hrafnaspark: '''''Hrafnaspark''''' is a short Icelandic young adults' novel by Eysteinn Björnsson.
Hnefi eða vitstola orð: It is explicitly about the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis and associated Kitchenware Revolution
Justice Undone: '''''Justice Undone''''' (Icelandic: ''Grámosinn glóir'') is a novel by Icelandic author Thor Vilhjálmsson.
Hnífur Abrahams: '''''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.
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.
Gerpla: 'Gerpla''''' is a 1952 Icelandic novel by Halldór Laxness based on the Old Icelandic ''Fóstbræðra saga''.
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 t
Walking into the Night: 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.
Paradísarborgin: Commentators have noted the relevance of the second plot thread to the 2008–11 Icelandic financial crisis, though Eiríkur Örn has noted that 'the author did at some point stress that it in fact wasn't about the crisis'.