The Swan (novel)
The Swan is a novel written by the Icelandic writer Guðbergur Bergsson in 1991.
Plot introduction
The story is about a nine-year-old girl sent to a country farm in Iceland to serve her probation for shoplifting. 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
- 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
- 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.