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Storytellers
March, 1920. The Icelandic nights are long and cold, a time to exchange stories by the fire. When an injured stranger appears on hermit blacksmith Gunnar's farm, he has an epic tale to tell. Alas, the listener must die before the last chapter...
Gunnar's "friends" are eager to write him into stories of their own. Overbearing Brynhildur wants to 'fix', then marry him. The doctor keeps asking disturbing questions. The Conservative Women of Iceland aim to rehabilitate Gunnar’s 'heathen ways'. Even the wretched elf has an agenda.
As his defenses begin to crumble, Gunnar decides that perhaps his life is due for a change – on his own terms. But can he avoid the endings others have in mind for him, and forge his own?
Coffee Pot Book Club Award Winner and Readers' Choice Best Cover Award Winner
Note: British English conventions, spelling, and grammar were used in this book.
The author is an ex-blacksmith, lover of all things Icelandic, physically located in Amsterdam, mentally living in a log cabin near Akureyri. He has published stories and essays in Polish and American magazines, both online and in print. This is his first novel.
