{"product_id":"the-blue-fox-9780374114459","title":"The Blue Fox","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one The 50 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Nordic Council Literature Prize--the Nordic world's highest literary honor--\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSjón's \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue Fox \u003c\/i\u003eis part mystery, part fairy tale, and the perfect introduction to a mind-bending, world-class literary talent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the stark backdrop of the Icelandic winter, an elusive, enigmatic fox leads a hunter on a transformative quest. At the edge of the hunter's territory, a naturalist struggles to build a life for his charge, a young woman with Down syndrome whom he had rescued from a shipwreck years before. By the end of Sjón's slender, spellbinding fable of a novel, none of their lives will be the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSjón is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Mouth of the Whale \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Whispering Muse\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Reykjavík in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1962, he is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHis novels have been translated into twenty-five languages.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAlso a lyricist, he has written songs for Björk, including for her\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emost recent project, \u003ci\u003eBiophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, and was nominated for an Oscar\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efor the lyrics he cowrote (with Lars von Trier) for \u003ci\u003eDancer in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Reykjavík.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641975574802,"sku":"9780374114459","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9280b39-5841-4286-821a-840d2443a0a8.jpg?v=1733048696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blue-fox-9780374114459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}