Icelandic Fiction

The first the police know of the crime is when clips are sent from the victim's Snapchat account, showing her begging for forgiveness. The CCTV at the cinema where she was working show her being dragged into the night by a masked killer. When the body is found, it is marked with a number 2...Detective Huldar joins the murder investigation, bringing child psychologist Freyja on board to help question the murdered teenager's friends. Soon, they uncover that Stella was far from the angel people claim: a relentless bully, she made life miserable for those around her.

Rachel Richards' life in London has lost its sparkle. Her boyfriend Adam is more interested in his job than in her, and her dreams of adventure have faded into a monotonous routine. When her company, Snug, offers her the chance to oversee a new store opening in Iceland, Rachel seizes the opportunity for escape.

Anna Mortimer, a high-flying PR executive, thought she had it all, including the career-defining deal to showcase the wedding of the century in a top magazine. But when the dream wedding turns into a PR nightmare, her career goes up in flames. Suddenly adrift in a world she once commanded, Anna grasps at a lifeline—an invitation from her friend Rachel to escape to the beauty of Iceland.

Fall asleep fast a with Icelandic Fairy Tales: Soothing Bedtime Stories for Adults, an enchanting audiobook that will transport you to a serene world and effortlessly lull you into a restful slumber. This audiobook is designed to create the perfect ambiance for a restorative sleep experience.

On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it. The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible.

Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause. When she talks to friends and family about it, the refrain is the same—have you tried eating better? exercising more? establishing a nighttime routine? She tries to follow their advice, buying everything from vitamins to sleeping pills to a step-counting watch. Nothing helps. Until one night Iðunn falls asleep with the watch on, and wakes up to find she’s walked over 40,000 steps in the night.

The Icelandic nation has a long and rich history of storytelling. Throughout centuries characterized by hardship, poverty, and dark winters, the Icelanders kept their spirits high and moral values intact by telling each other stories. In this collection of 15 Icelandic folk legends, we get a glimpse of the world view of the Icelanders in centuries past as they endeavored to understand and cope with the natural phenomena around them. There are stories of malicious ghosts, outlaws living in carved-out boulders, hidden people residing in grassy knolls...

On a snowy winter morning, an abandoned shipping container is discovered near Reykjavík. Inside are the bodies of five young women - one of them barely alive. As Icelandic Police detective Daníel struggles to investigate the most brutal crime of his career, Áróra looks into the background of a suspicious man, who turns out to be engaged to Daníel's former wife, and the connections don't stop there.

It was meant to be a quiet family fishing trip, a chance for mother and daughter to talk. But it changes the course of their lives forever. They catch nothing except a broken doll that gets tangled in the net. After years in the ocean, the doll a terrifying sight and the mother's first instinct is to throw it back, but she relents when her daughter pleads to keep it. This simple act of kindness proves fatal. That evening, the mother posts a picture of the doll on social media. By the morning, she is dead and the doll has disappeared.

Johan is off to visit his Grandpa Siggy—a charismatic, impetuous Icelander with a big secret: he took a dragon egg with him when he immigrated to America from Iceland. As fate would have it, Dreki hatched just a few hours after Johan was born, magically linking the two. But Dreki was kept a secret. Now, many years later, the time has come for Dreki to journey home, and for Johan to discover his ancestry through a life-changing trip to Iceland. But the clock is ticking as both Siggy and Dreki’s health is in jeopardy.

The year is 1332 and the place Iceland. The cat Frode and his companion a Viking descendant begin an epic journey across perilous seas and land to find the manuscipt Landnámabók, the book of settlements and seek their history.

The last Viking attack is still a raw wound in the memories of the people of Linn Duachaill when the longship Seedrache appears at the mouth of the river. But Captain Mariel is a trader, not a raider. Driven by the knowledge that if the voyage fails her family will lose their entire estate, she offers silver for tall trees she can turn into longships. Abbot Coman’s greed overcomes his mistrust and he accepts. But politics threaten their tentative cooperation. The abbot is playing a dangerous game in his search for power and prestige.

Dive into the chilling depths of Icelandic mysteries with "Arctic Shadows: Unveiling Iceland's Dark Secrets"—a captivating Nordic noir audiobook collection that will transport you to the heart of suspense and intrigue! Embark on a journey through the haunting landscapes of Iceland and Greenland as you uncover the clandestine truths lurking beneath the surface. As you immerse yourself in these captivating stories, you'll be swept away by the breathtaking atmospheric descriptions and the intricate web of secrets that lies beneath the surface of these remote Arctic communities.

Hringurinn konungsnautur er fyrsti kaflinn í hinum stóra sagnabálki sögulegra skáldsagna eftir hinn sænskumælandi Finna, Zacharias Topelius. Ævintýraleg fjölskyldu- og örlagasaga sem spannar tvær aldir. Hringamiðja sagana er hringur einn sem býr yfir ákveðnum töframætti og minnir því óneitanlega á Hringadróttinssögu, en Sögur herlæknisins eru tæpum 90 árum eldri en hið fræga meistaraverk Tolkiens. Sagan birtist fyrst í dagblaðsútgáfu árið 1851 en íslensk þýðing er í höndum sjálfs Matthíasar Jochumssonar.

Við heyrum í skriðdrekunum er þeir nálgast, T-34. Þeir hafa séð okkur, hvíslar Lilli. Felið ykkur þar til hann er rétt við holuna, þá hlaupum við! Skelfileg lætin í skriðdrekanum nálgast óðum. Ég þekki óttann sem læðist upp hrygginn. Dauðinn er viss ef þeir hlaupa einni sekúndu of fljótt. Ég veit ekki hvernig við komumst upp, fæturnir hreyfast af sjálfum sér. Skriðdrekinn skríður yfir holuna og kremur allt sem er ofan í henni. Svo skröltir hann áfram...

"Zweisprachig Erzählen" ist eine Reihe von mündlich überlieferten Volksmärchen aus der ganzen Welt. Ausgangssprache ist dabei Deutsch. Die Volksmärchen kommen aus den jeweiligen Ländern. Es wird immer in der deutschen und einer weiteren Sprache erzählt. Erzählt und nicht gelesen. So kommen dann zwei parallel erzählte Märchen raus, die zur selben Zeit stattfinden. Entstanden ist die Idee, als sich Eva aus Island an einem Abend in der Erzählwerkstatt mit Tommi zusammengetan hat.

Amanda Burke er dóttir fátæks prests. Dag einn, lítandi út fögur eins og vorið sjálft hittir hún Ramsay lávarð í fyrsta sinn. Ramsay er orðinn þreyttur á konum sem nota mikið af snyrtivörum og hugsa mikið um tískuheiminn og hrífst því mikið af Amöndu og ákveður að giftast henni. Yfirbragð lávarðsins hefur hins vegar andstæð áhrif á hrifningu Amöndu á honum. Þetta sama kvöld gerist nokkuð sem mun snúa lífi hennar á hvolf og veldur því að hún neyðist til þess að játast lávarðinum til þess að geta bjargað manninum sem hún elskar í raun og veru.

Sönn frásögn af skúrki, eiturlyfjasala og neytanda, glæpamanni sem snéri við blaðinu og notar núna reynslu sína úr undirheimum Montreal til að helga líf sitt hjálparstarfi og mannúðarmálum. Maðurinn sem veit allt um neikvæð áhrif styrjalda og átaka. Marc Vachon er fæddur í Montreal árið 1963. Hann var yfirgefinn af móður sinni sem ungabarn. Munaðarleysingi sem þekkti aldrei foreldra sína. Ólst upp við slæm kjör í Montreal, götustrákur og glæpamaður. Eins og tekið upp úr sögu eftir Charles Dickens. Fyrir tilviljun kynntist hann starfsemi Lækna án landamæra og snéri við blaðinu.

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Hvað er sannleikur? Það er varla til betri leið til að læra um sannleikann en gegnum ævintýri Hans Christian Andersen. Söguþráður þessara ævintýra skapar góðann grunn til að hugsa og ræða um sannleikann og siðferðislega fleti hans. Safn fyrir forvitna og samúðarfulla, unga jafnt og eldri lesendur, sem langar að sökkva sér í töfraheim hins ástkæra höfundar. Safnið inniheldur eftirfarandi ævintýri: Nýju fötin keisarans, Snædrottningin , Hans Klaufi. H.C. Andersen (1805-1875) er eitt þekktasta skáld Danmerkur.