The Swan (novel)
The Swan (orig. Icelandic Svanurinn) is a novel written by the Icelandic writer Guðbergur Bergsson in 1991.
Plot introduction[edit]
The story is about a nine-year-old girl sent to a country farm in Iceland to serve her probation for shoplifting (which is a characteristic Icelandic sentence). In the novel, the girl finds a kind of freedom by submitting to the inevitable restraints and suffering of remote rural life.
Awards and nominations[edit]
- In 1991, Guðbergur Bergsson got the Icelandic Literary Prize for his novel, Svanurinn.
- In 1992, Svanurinn was nominated for the Literary Prize of the Nordic Council.
Translation[edit]
- This is one of the few novels by Guðbergur Bergsson that are available in English. The English version is translated by Bernard Scudder, a member of the team producing an English translation of the Icelandic Sagas.
Adaptation[edit]
In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie The Swan, the adaptation of The Swan.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ 'The Swan': Film Review, hollywoodreporter.com, 27 October 2019
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