Under the Wings of the Valkyrie - Sjón Beginning with an introduction to

Beginning with an introduction to the regional diversity of historic Palestinian dress

These transcripts usher the experiences and observations of Adnan's long and rich life into an intimate and spontaneous conversation with a dear friend-a window on the "universe" of her imagination

Eight perspectives on bread are gathered here from across the Mediterranean Basin as well as the Black Sea

He combines iconic images of William Shakespeare’s dying Ophelia in a river surrounded by flowers

Instead of choosing a side

Under the Wings of the Valkyrie - Sjón Beginning with an introduction toAn exploration of eroticism in extremism. Published in Icelandic in 1994, Under the Wings of the Valkyrie is the work that established Sjn's literary career. Short and intense, the story unfolds through a letter from Icelandic architect Fridjn B. Fridriksson to his wife, revealing his lifelong obsession with German militant Gudrun Ensslin, of the Baader Meinhof gang. He first glimpsed her on TV as a child and now Ensslin lingers in his dreams and has