by Thor Vilhjálmsson · NORDICA LIBROS S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788418067877
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«Arde el musgo gris» is the novel by Thor Vilhjálmsson, published by Nórdica Libros in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
In nineteenth-century Iceland, the young judge Ásmundur must try two brothers accused of incest; as he investigates, his convictions are transformed. The story, based on a real historical figure, portrays the Icelandic landscapes, the social pressure on those who transgress norms, and the weight of the Icelandic sagas.
This edition is number 6 in the Letras Nórdicas collection. The novel, originally published in 1986 as Grámosinn glóir, won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1988.
For readers of Nordic fiction and Icelandic literature, with an interest in stories set in Iceland and in the echo of medieval sagas.
