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Seven Icelandic Short Stories

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INTRODUCTION BY STEINGRIMUR J. PORSTEINSSON

ANONYMOUS (13TH CENTURY) THE STORY OF AUDUNN AND THE BEAR TRANSLATED BY G. TURVILLE-PEIRE

EINAR H. KVARAN A DRY SPELL (1905) TRANSLATED BY JAKOBINA JOHNSON

GUÐMUNDUR FRIÐJÓNSSON THE OLD HAY (1909) TRANSLATED BY MEKKIN SVEINSON PERKINS

JON TRAUSTI WHEN I WAS ON THE FRIGATE (1910) TRANSLATED BY ARNOLD R. TAYLOR

GUNNAR GUNNARSSON FATHER AND SON (1916) TRANSLATED BY PETER FOOTE

GUÐMUNDUR G. HAGALIN THE FOX SKIN (1923) TRANSLATED BY MEKKIN SVEINSON PERKINS

HALLDÓR KILJAN LAXNESS NEW ICELAND (1927) TRANSLATED BY AXEL EYBERG AND JOHN WATKINS

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