Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature and his novel SUMMER LIGHT, AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious P. O. Enquist Award. His books include HEAVEN AND HELL; THE SORROW OF ANGELS, longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; THE HEART OF MAN, winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize; and FISH HAVE NO FEET, which was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. He lives in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Books by Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night

written by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, translated by Philip Roughton - Fiction

In a village of only 400 inhabitants, life could seem unremarkable. Yet in this remote town, a new road to the city has change on everyone’s minds. There is the beautiful, elusive Elisabet who cuts a surprisingly svelte path at The Knitting Company. Neighbors Kristin and Kjartan who seem…normal, but for their explosive passion that bewilders even themselves (and ignites the spectacular revenge of Kjartan’s wife). And then the most successful businessman in town decides to ditch his Range Rover and glamorous wife in exchange for Latin books and stargazing.