CoDex 1962

Josef Löwe kan fuldstændig genkalde sig sin egen fødsel i august 1962 og alt, hvad der siden er hændt ham. Det hævder han i hvert fald over for den kvinde, der lytter til hans livs fortælling ... En kærlighedshistorie Den begynder med hans far, Leo Löwe, en udhungret jødisk krigsflygtning under 2. verdenskrig. På et pensionat i en lille tysk by møder Leo en tvillingesjæl i stuepigen, der tager sig af ham. Og sammen skaber de i et magisk, passioneret øjeblik et barn ud af en klump ler. En kriminalhistorie Leo flygter til Island med drengen af ler i en hatteæske, kun for at blive indblandet i en mystisk mordsag. Først i 1962 bliver hans søn Josef født. En sci-fi-historie I det moderne Reykjavík vækker den midaldrende Josef en grisk genetikers interesse. Nu kommer det frem, hvad der ligger bag Josefs fortælling. Og som cirklen i hans tilblivelseshistorie sluttes, får vi glimt af en farefuld vej forude for menneskeheden. Med CoDex 1962 har den prisbelønnede islandske forfatter Sjón skrevet et sammenhængende litterært storværk, der består af de tre romaner Dine øjne så mig , Med skælvende tårer og Jeg er en sovende dør . Tilsammen udgør bøgerne en trilogi, der væver elementer fra fiktion, historie, mytologi, popkultur, poesi og den rige islandske fortælletradition sammen i et helt særligt magisk univers. CoDex 196 2 er under udgivelse i en række lande verden over til begejstrede anmeldelser.

WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 'A masterpiece . . . I challenge any author to top it!' Sigridur Alberstsdottir, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Jósef Loewe enters the world as a lump of clay - carried in a hatbox by his Jewish father Leo, a fugitive in WWII Germany. Taking refuge in a small-town guesthouse, Leo discovers a kindred spirit in the young woman who nurses him back to health and together they shape the clay into a baby. But en route to safety in Iceland, he is robbed of the ring needed to bring the child to life. It is not until 1962 that Jósef can be 'born', only to grow up with a rare disease. Fifty-three years on, it leads him into the hands of a power-hungry Icelandic geneticist, just when science and politics are threatening to lead us all down a dark, dangerous road. At once playful and profoundly serious, this remarkable novel melds multiple genres into a unique whole: a mind-bending read and a biting, timely attack on nationalism.

WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023 'A masterpiece . . . I challenge any author to top it!' Sigridur Alberstsdottir, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Jósef Loewe enters the world as a lump of clay - carried in a hatbox by his Jewish father Leo, a fugitive in WWII Germany. Taking refuge in a small-town guesthouse, Leo discovers a kindred spirit in the young woman who nurses him back to health and together they shape the clay into a baby. But en route to safety in Iceland, he is robbed of the ring needed to bring the child to life. It is not until 1962 that Jósef can be 'born', only to grow up with a rare disease. Fifty-three years on, it leads him into the hands of a power-hungry Icelandic geneticist, just when science and politics are threatening to lead us all down a dark, dangerous road. At once playful and profoundly serious, this remarkable novel melds multiple genres into a unique whole: a mind-bending read and a biting, timely attack on nationalism.