{"product_id":"the-dedalus-book-of-faroese-literature-9781912868995","title":"The Dedalus Book of Faroese Literature","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Dedalus Book of Faroese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wide-ranging selection of fiction from the end of the nineteenth century until the present day, including work by The Faroes' classic and most important contemporary authors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Faroes is an autonomous region of Denmark and consists of 18 small islands with a population of 52,000 and is situated in the Atlantic Ocean midway between Scotland and Iceland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is almost incredible that such a small country could have produced such a wonderful and extensive literature in 2 languages. Even more incredible is that it produced 2 of the greatest Scandinavian authors of the twentieth century William Heinesen and Jorgen-Frantz Jacobsen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twenty-seven texts of \u003ci\u003eThe Dedalus Book of Faroese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e take the reader on a voyage of discovery as they fall under the spell of these windswept islands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarnersdottir, Malan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMalan Marnersdottir\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Klaksvik in the Faroe Islands in 1952 She studied Nordic languages and French at the universities of Copenhagen, Arhus and Odense. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was a the Associate Professor of Nordic Literature at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt before returning to the Faroe Islands to take up the chair of Nordic Literature at the University of the Faroe Islands in 2004. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has written extensively on different aspects of Faroese literature and collaborated in the two-volume Faroese Literature. Malan is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Dedalus Book of Faroese Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dedalus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298420293906,"sku":"9781912868995","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6766f912-e01e-40c7-95c4-d65575fab1b4.jpg?v=1747820063","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dedalus-book-of-faroese-literature-9781912868995","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}