Death of a Forest

Novel (2020)

Nominated for The Icelandic Literary Prize
Nominated for The European Union Prize for Literature

I imagine myself darting through the night on a motorcycle. That I’m riding out of town, vanishing into the darkness. I’m as good as gone. This is why I came to Spain, to disappear.

It has been raining nonstop for several days when the forest slides down the hillside, setting off a series of events in the life of the landowner and head of the family, Magnús. Shortly afterward the bombs come to light. A subtly funny and sometimes ambiguous story about when everyday life is turned on its head and death comes knocking.

Cover art: Alexandra Buhl
Published by JPV