This slender novella by Icelandic poet Sj贸n (famed for his frequent collaborations with the singer Bj枚rk) was the 2005 winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize (the highest honor in Nordic literature). 鈥淭he Blue Fox鈥� might best be described as part fable, part poem, and part novel, blended into a dreamy kind of genre mix. Sj贸n begins his tale with a hunter, lost in a snowy landscape as he pursues a blue fox. He then shifts the scene to tell the story of a mysterious girl, found in a ship鈥檚 hold. For adventurous readers in search of magic, color, and poetry in a little-known land, the works of Sj贸n will be a delightful discovery
