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Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was

Victoria Cribb, Sjón

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  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Fiction (2016)
  • Icelandic Literary Prize for Fiction (2013)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award Nominee for The Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBTQ Fiction (2017)
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ISBN: 9781473613133
Authors: Victoria Cribb, Sjón
Publisher: Sceptre
Date of Publication: 2016-06-02
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Queer, LGBT
Goodreads rating: 3.65
(rated by 4487 readers)

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The mesmerising new novel by Iceland's internationally renowned writer Sjón - 'the trickster that makes the world, and he is achingly brilliant' Junot Díaz, 'an extraordinary and original writer' A.S. Byatt.Winner of the Icelandic Literary PrizeThe year is 1918 and in Iceland the erupting volcano Katla can be seen colouring the sky night and day from the streets of Reykjavik. Yet life in the small capital carries on as usual, despite the natural disaster, a shortage of coal and, in the outside world, the Great War grinding on.There, sixteen-year-old Máni Steinn lives for the new fashion - the movies. Asleep he dreams altered versions of them, their tapestry of events threaded with strands from his own life. Awake he hovers on the fringes of society. But then the Spanish flu epidemic comes ashore, killing hundreds and driving thousands into their sick beds. The shadows of existence deepen and for Máni everything changes.Capturing Iceland at a moment of profound transformation, this is the story of a misfit in a place where life and death, reality and imagination, secrets and revelations jostle for dominance. With not a word wasted, this mesmerising and original novel is the work of a major international writer.
 

  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Fiction (2016)
  • Icelandic Literary Prize for Fiction (2013)
  • The Publishing Triangle Award Nominee for The Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBTQ Fiction (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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