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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 The Sorrow Stone
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'After committing an audacious act of revenge for her brother’s murder, Disa flees with her son Sindri through the fjords of Iceland. She has already endured the death of her loved ones. Now she must run to save her son, and her honour.

'In a society where betrayals and revenge killings are rife, all Disa has is her pride and her courage. Will it be enough for her and her son to escape retribution?

'Dramatic and urgent in its telling, The Sorrow Stone celebrates one woman’s quest, against the dramatic backdrop of the Icelandic countryside. In this gripping novel, the co-author of the bestselling Saga Land takes a sidelined figure from the Viking tales and finally puts her where she belongs – at the centre of the story.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: For Olanda
  • Epigraph:

    Hef ég stundum lagt líf mitt í háska fyrir hennar
    sakir en hún hefur nú getið mér dauðaráð

    I have often placed my life in peril for her sake,
    but she has now given me my death sentence.

    Gísli Súrsson

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Works about this Work

Book Review : The Sorrow Stone, Kári Gíslason Susan Francis , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2022;

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel

'An historical fiction set in Iceland is rich with detail about societal and cultural mores.'

y separately published work icon Kári Gíslason on Retelling Stories from the Past Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2022 24385351 2022 single work podcast interview 'In this interview, Kári talks about writing with his friend Richard Fidler.'
Kári Gίslason : The Sorrow Stone Ann Skea , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2022;

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel
'Kári Gίslason, co-author with Richard Fidler of Saga Land, brings an ancient Icelandic saga to life in his new novel.'
Kári Gíslason : The Sorrow Stone Daniel Keene , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 5-11 March 2022;

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel
Hearts on Sleeves : Kári Gíslason’s Latest Saga Dilan Gunawardana , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 440 2022; (p. 33)

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel

'In his extraordinary journey through Iceland’s history, Saga Land (2017, with Richard Fidler), Kári Gíslason described Icelanders as ‘being reserved’ and ‘a bit severe’ at first glance, likening them to the Hallgrímskirkja church that looms over Reykjavik with its enormous basalt column wings and stony façade. The first three days I spent alone in that city gave me a wholly different impression of its people. On my first day there in 2013, I was greeted by what appeared to be most of the city’s population lined up on the Lækjargata strip waving flags, smiling from ear to ear, and dancing as the annual Gay Pride parade rolled by in all its garish joy. The following night, as I chomped on one of Iceland’s famous hot dogs from a van by the waterfront, a young woman, soused to high heaven, threw her arms around my neck and yelled ‘I luff you!’ in my ear until her friends, doubled over with laughter, dragged her away. The morning after, in a souvenir store, the young man behind the counter asked me where I was from. When I answered ‘Australia’, a dark cloud crossed his face and he mumbled, ‘Oh, my girlfriend left me for an Australian’, as he daintily popped my little model fishing boat in a paper bag.'  (Introduction)

Hearts on Sleeves : Kári Gíslason’s Latest Saga Dilan Gunawardana , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 440 2022; (p. 33)

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel

'In his extraordinary journey through Iceland’s history, Saga Land (2017, with Richard Fidler), Kári Gíslason described Icelanders as ‘being reserved’ and ‘a bit severe’ at first glance, likening them to the Hallgrímskirkja church that looms over Reykjavik with its enormous basalt column wings and stony façade. The first three days I spent alone in that city gave me a wholly different impression of its people. On my first day there in 2013, I was greeted by what appeared to be most of the city’s population lined up on the Lækjargata strip waving flags, smiling from ear to ear, and dancing as the annual Gay Pride parade rolled by in all its garish joy. The following night, as I chomped on one of Iceland’s famous hot dogs from a van by the waterfront, a young woman, soused to high heaven, threw her arms around my neck and yelled ‘I luff you!’ in my ear until her friends, doubled over with laughter, dragged her away. The morning after, in a souvenir store, the young man behind the counter asked me where I was from. When I answered ‘Australia’, a dark cloud crossed his face and he mumbled, ‘Oh, my girlfriend left me for an Australian’, as he daintily popped my little model fishing boat in a paper bag.'  (Introduction)

Kári Gíslason : The Sorrow Stone Daniel Keene , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 5-11 March 2022;

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel
Kári Gίslason : The Sorrow Stone Ann Skea , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2022;

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel
'Kári Gίslason, co-author with Richard Fidler of Saga Land, brings an ancient Icelandic saga to life in his new novel.'
Book Review : The Sorrow Stone, Kári Gíslason Susan Francis , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , March 2022;

— Review of The Sorrow Stone Kári Gíslason , 2022 single work novel

'An historical fiction set in Iceland is rich with detail about societal and cultural mores.'

y separately published work icon Kári Gíslason on Retelling Stories from the Past Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2022 24385351 2022 single work podcast interview 'In this interview, Kári talks about writing with his friend Richard Fidler.'
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