The Casket Of Time
Andri Snaer Magnason author Arnadottir Bjorg translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Restless Books
Published:11th Apr '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
When a new contraption called TimeBox, which allows people to hibernate through the current terrible economic situation, comes onto the market, Sigrun's family - along with everyone else - decides to sleep through the bad times. But something goes wrong, and Sigrun wakes up too soon. The city is in ruins, unruly forests and wild animals have taken over the streets, and all the grown-ups refuse to wake up. The only signs of civilization are a band of kids like Sigrun, led by Grace - a grandmotherly and mystical researcher. The world, according to Grace, is under an ancient curse. Now it's up to them to break the curse, save their families, and mend the world before it's too late.
“The love child of Chomsky and Lewis Carroll."
-- Rebecca Solnit, author of Call Them by Their True Names"I have not previously seen the fairy tale genre so well tied up with a sci-fi story, a fantasy tale and a contemporary drama all at once. It really is elegant and full of surprises. I am therefore not at all surprised that the book has already won a few awards in Iceland. It would not surprise me if it also won the Nordic Council Children and Young People‘s Literature Prize."
* Weekendavisen, Denmark *“The story confronts the concept of time and twists old fairy-tale memories with a passionate creativity.”
* The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize *“A sparkling and entertaining adventure story in two time eras with a clear moral which, however, never turns into a sermon.”
* Frettabladid *“The largest box of chocolate written in the Icelandic language that I have ever laid my hands on... This is confectionery for the mind! Wow! It is so good that I forgot to make notes ... This is a book for the 3 year old, the 30 year old, the 300 year old.”
-- Audur Haraldsdóttir * Channel 2, National Radio *“Here we have a timeless fairy tale, and Magnason’s depiction of this magical world is magnificently well realized.”
-- Jon Bjarki Magnusson * DV Daily *"This is a book I would put on a shelf with The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland and The Little Prince. A children's story but it would be very good for adults to read it as well."
—Eric Lorberer of Rain Taxi Review
* Rain Taxi Review *"I loved this book so much — it is a cerebral tale, well told and unabashedly philosophical. So grim that I fear it will not be for everyone…But despite the beheadings, the grave-robbing, the people casually thrown to the lions, the central message of the book is clear, and it’s welcome. Greed hurts us; power ruins us; and time has never been our enemy. Indeed, Magnason reminds us, as long as our tendency toward self-destruction doesn’t get in the way, time is the earth’s, and humanity’s, greatest healer.”
—Kelly Barnhill, New York Times Book Review
“The power of story animates a tale that communicates—but is not overpowered by—urgent messages.”
—Kirkus Reviews
ISBN: 9781632062055
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
240 pages