Description
In 1949, an aging Icelandic scholar with grand theories about how fish shaped Nordic civilization boards a Danish merchant ship bound for the Black Sea—only to find the crew haunted by myth. Among them is Caeneus, a legendary hero in disguise, who spins spellbinding stories each night, linking the voyage to the ancient quest for the Golden Fleece and the enduring power of inherited narratives. As the ship moves through post-WWII Europe, the novel braids together Nordic and Greek myth, historical unease, and sly humor, asking what we choose to believe—and what we pass down as “truth.” With Sjón’s lyrical, compact storytelling and Borges- and Calvino-like imaginative reach, this is a slender, brilliant journey where comedy and the mythic converge to reveal how culture travels, transforms, and whispers back.
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paperback
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2013
102 pages
ISBN: 9780374709938
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First Published
2013
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Whispering Muse by Sjón.