Blue Fox

Winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize

''Enchantingly poetic . . . spellbinding . . . magical . . . exceptional'' Independent

On a stark Icelandic mountainside, the imposing Reverend Baldur Skuggason hunts an elusive blue vixen for her near-mythical pelt. The treacherous journey across snow and ice will push his physical and mental endurance to the limit.

In Baldur Skuggason''s parish, a you...