Codex 1962: A Trilogy by Sj?n
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780374125639
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374125635
ISBN-13
9780374125639
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242659802
Product Key Features
Book Title
Codex 1962 :A Trilogy
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Coming of Age, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General, Science Fiction / General, Jewish
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-020046
Reviews
"The Icelandic literary maverick and Oscar-nominated songwriter Sjón writes with a poet's ear and a musician's natural sense of rhythm. [In] this extraordinary performance . . . the effect is hypnotic. The reader becomes a gleeful collaborator in an extravaganza in which Bosch meets Chagall, with touches of Tarantino." -- Eileen Battersby, The Guardian "A work of virtuoso narrative . . . An Icelandic 1001 Nights. " -- The Sunday Times "[A] challenging and cacophonous epic by the talented Sjón . . . An amalgam of creation myth, surrealist absurdity, ancient saga, and contemporary satire." -- Booklist "Sjón is more than a novelist; he is a storyteller in the ancient tradition, and this work may be remembered as his masterpiece." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this beguiling, surpassingly eccentric triptych, Icelandic novelist Sjón takes on, in turn, romance (classic, not Gothic), mystery, and science fiction to examine how people parse themselves into little camps and try to make their way through this harsh world . . . Sjón's work is unlike anything else in contemporary fiction. Strange--but stunning." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Sjón can flick from angelic frolics to seedy violence as if each tale were a smooth refraction of the last. He has a knack for high comedy, too . . . Victoria Cribb deserves equal praise for bringing all this zest into English so well." -- Cal Revely-Calder, The Daily Telegraph (UK) "A work of virtuoso narrative . . . an Icelandic 1001 Nights ." -- Phil Baker, The Sunday Times (UK) "A master of Icelandic fiction . . . Sjón's stories compound the dreamscapes of surrealism, the marvels of Icelandic folklore and a pop-culture sensibility into free-form fables." -- The Economist (UK) "No one can escape Sjón's wild originality." -- Informatíon (Denmark) "Sjón delivers a complex story in which violence and desire, voices and actions, are beautifully woven together." -- Politiken (Denmark) "It's as if Hans Christian Andersen is telling a story by Kafka, or vice versa." -- Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) "Sjón's book gives us hope for the novel as an art form." -- Sydsvenska Dagbladet (Sweden), "[A] challenging and cacophonous epic by the talented Sjón . . . An amalgam of creation myth, surrealist absurdity, ancient saga, and contemporary satire." -- Booklist "Sjón is more than a novelist; he is a storyteller in the ancient tradition, and this work may be remembered as his masterpiece." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this beguiling, surpassingly eccentric triptych, Icelandic novelist Sjón takes on, in turn, romance (classic, not Gothic), mystery, and science fiction to examine how people parse themselves into little camps and try to make their way through this harsh world . . . Sjón's work is unlike anything else in contemporary fiction. Strange--but stunning." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " CoDex 1962 . . . wonders at the many complicated ways that it, as a lengthy novel, has of making time pass; it wonders at how its skilled narrator can give shape and color to that passage." -- The Daily Telegraph (UK) "A work of virtuoso narrative . . . an Icelandic 1001 Nights ." Phil Baker, The Sunday Times (UK) "[Sjón's] stories compound the dreamscapes of Surrealism, the marvels of Icelandic folklore and a pop-culture sensibility into free-form fables. Call it magical realism under Nordic lights . . . Their style skips gleefully among a dozen genres, 'visionary poems' to 'futuristic films,' 'folk tales' to 'gossip columns' (all name checked by Josef)." -- The Economist (UK) "No one can escape Sjón's wild originality." -- Informatíon (Denmark) "Sjón delivers a complex story in which violence and desire, voices and actions, are beautifully woven together." -- Politiken (Denmark) "It's as if Hans Christian Andersen is telling a story by Kafka, or vice versa." -- Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) "Sjón's book gives us hope for the novel as an art form." -- Sydsvenska Dagbladet (Sweden), "A masterpiece, meticulously executed from the first page to the last . . . I challenge any author to top this!" -Sigridur Albertsdottir, Vidsja "Dazzlingly funny and entertaining . . . Dramatic and tragic, light and serious, woven with the artistry that we recognize in Sjn's other work." -Fridrika Benonysdottir, Frettabladid, "Sjon is a prodigal storyteller in all senses of the phrase . . . He is a master of atmosphere, a fine observer of the cross-hatchings of human motivation, and a vivid noticer of detail." -- Garth Risk Hallberg, The New York Times Book Review "The Icelandic literary maverick and Oscar-nominated songwriter Sjón writes with a poet's ear and a musician's natural sense of rhythm. [In] this extraordinary performance . . . the effect is hypnotic. The reader becomes a gleeful collaborator in an extravaganza in which Bosch meets Chagall, with touches of Tarantino." -- Eileen Battersby, The Guardian "A work of virtuoso narrative . . . An Icelandic 1001 Nights. " -- The Sunday Times "[A] challenging and cacophonous epic by the talented Sjón . . . An amalgam of creation myth, surrealist absurdity, ancient saga, and contemporary satire." -- Booklist "Sjón is more than a novelist; he is a storyteller in the ancient tradition, and this work may be remembered as his masterpiece." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this beguiling, surpassingly eccentric triptych, Icelandic novelist Sjón takes on, in turn, romance (classic, not Gothic), mystery, and science fiction to examine how people parse themselves into little camps and try to make their way through this harsh world . . . Sjón's work is unlike anything else in contemporary fiction. Strange--but stunning." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Sjón can flick from angelic frolics to seedy violence as if each tale were a smooth refraction of the last. He has a knack for high comedy, too . . . Victoria Cribb deserves equal praise for bringing all this zest into English so well." -- Cal Revely-Calder, The Daily Telegraph (UK) "A work of virtuoso narrative . . . an Icelandic 1001 Nights ." -- Phil Baker, The Sunday Times (UK) "A master of Icelandic fiction . . . Sjón's stories compound the dreamscapes of surrealism, the marvels of Icelandic folklore and a pop-culture sensibility into free-form fables." -- The Economist (UK) "No one can escape Sjón's wild originality." -- Informatíon (Denmark) "Sjón delivers a complex story in which violence and desire, voices and actions, are beautifully woven together." -- Politiken (Denmark) "It's as if Hans Christian Andersen is telling a story by Kafka, or vice versa." -- Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) "Sjón's book gives us hope for the novel as an art form." -- Sydsvenska Dagbladet (Sweden), "[Sjón's] wild, subversive imagination is among his great strengths, not only in CoDex 1962 but throughout his work." -- The Guardian "[A] challenging and cacophonous epic by the talented Sjón . . . An amalgam of creation myth, surrealist absurdity, ancient saga, and contemporary satire." -- Booklist "Sjón is more than a novelist; he is a storyteller in the ancient tradition, and this work may be remembered as his masterpiece." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "In this beguiling, surpassingly eccentric triptych, Icelandic novelist Sjón takes on, in turn, romance (classic, not Gothic), mystery, and science fiction to examine how people parse themselves into little camps and try to make their way through this harsh world . . . Sjón's work is unlike anything else in contemporary fiction. Strange--but stunning." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " CoDex 1962 . . . wonders at the many complicated ways that it, as a lengthy novel, has of making time pass; it wonders at how its skilled narrator can give shape and color to that passage." -- The Daily Telegraph (UK) "A work of virtuoso narrative . . . an Icelandic 1001 Nights ." -- Phil Baker, The Sunday Times (UK) "[Sjón's] stories compound the dreamscapes of Surrealism, the marvels of Icelandic folklore and a pop-culture sensibility into free-form fables. Call it magical realism under Nordic lights . . . Their style skips gleefully among a dozen genres, 'visionary poems' to 'futuristic films,' 'folk tales' to 'gossip columns' (all name checked by Josef)." -- The Economist (UK) "No one can escape Sjón's wild originality." -- Informatíon (Denmark) "Sjón delivers a complex story in which violence and desire, voices and actions, are beautifully woven together." -- Politiken (Denmark) "It's as if Hans Christian Andersen is telling a story by Kafka, or vice versa." -- Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) "Sjón's book gives us hope for the novel as an art form." -- Sydsvenska Dagbladet (Sweden)
Synopsis
Spanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962 --twenty years in the making--is Sj n's epic three-part masterpiece Over the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sj n has earned a global reputation as one of the world's most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able to read is his great trilogy of novels, known collectively as CoDex 1962 --now finally complete. Josef L we, the narrator, was born in 1962--the same year, the same moment even, as Sj n. Josef's story, however, stretches back decades in the form of Leo L we--a Jewish fugitive during World War II who has an affair with a maid in a German inn; together, they form a baby from a piece of clay. If the first volume is a love story, the second is a crime story: L we arrives in Iceland with the clay-baby inside a hatbox, only to be embroiled in a murder mystery--but by the end of the volume, his clay son has come to life. And in the final volume, set in present-day Reykjav k, Josef's story becomes science fiction as he crosses paths with the outlandish CEO of a biotech company (based closely on reality) who brings the story of genetics and genesis full circle. But the future, according to Sj n, is not so dark as it seems. In CoDex 1962 , Sj n has woven ancient and modern material and folklore and cosmic myths into a singular masterpiece--encompassing genre fiction, theology, expressionist film, comic strips, fortean studies, genetics, and, of course, the rich tradition of Icelandic storytelling., Spanning eras, continents, and genres, CoDex 1962 --twenty years in the making--is Sjón's epic three-part masterpiece Over the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world's most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able to read is his great trilogy of novels, known collectively as CoDex 1962 --now finally complete. Josef Löwe, the narrator, was born in 1962--the same year, the same moment even, as Sjón. Josef's story, however, stretches back decades in the form of Leo Löwe--a Jewish fugitive during World War II who has an affair with a maid in a German inn; together, they form a baby from a piece of clay. If the first volume is a love story, the second is a crime story: Löwe arrives in Iceland with the clay-baby inside a hatbox, only to be embroiled in a murder mystery--but by the end of the volume, his clay son has come to life. And in the final volume, set in present-day Reykjavík, Josef's story becomes science fiction as he crosses paths with the outlandish CEO of a biotech company (based closely on reality) who brings the story of genetics and genesis full circle. But the future, according to Sjón, is not so dark as it seems. In CoDex 1962 , Sjón has woven ancient and modern material and folklore and cosmic myths into a singular masterpiece--encompassing genre fiction, theology, expressionist film, comic strips, fortean studies, genetics, and, of course, the rich tradition of Icelandic storytelling.
LC Classification Number
PT7511.S62C6313 2018
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- e***a (272)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseOrdered from USA and arrived to me in UK about 10 days later. Book appropriately packaged and mostly as described. Was missing the cd as listed but communication with the seller was friendly and polite if not a little confusing - partial refunds are only offered after you start the formal eBay return request process, they aren't capable of giving refunds after simple messaging to customer service. All in all though, great value and a positive transaction. Would interact again 👍
- e***- (123)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseUnfortunately I received a damaged book, the item and the package both were damaged and it was clearly evident its appearance that it happened during transit. The seller was very understanding and gave me a full refund for the damaged book, though it was no fault of their own. Other than the damage, the book was as described, the quality and condition aside from the damaged spot was like new. The cost of the book was reasonable. I would definitely purchase from the seller again.
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