Page 26 such a delight—because that’s not what its writers are bringing us. Out of the Blue is the first of its kind: an anthology of contemporary Icelandic short fiction in English translation. It contains compact, varied stories from twenty of Iceland’s leading living fiction writers. And, as you might expect when soliciting fiction from across an entire country, the subject matter covers quite a bit of ground. The collection opens with the story of a dysfunctional

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Page 26 这样的乐趣——因为这不是它的作者带给我们的。Out of the Blue 是同类作品中的第一部：英语翻译的当代冰岛短篇小说选集。它包含来自冰岛 20 位主要在世小说作家的紧凑而多样的故事。而且，正如您在从整个国家/地区征集小说时所期望的那样，主题涵盖了相当多的领域。该系列以一个功能失调的故事开始