tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post1141248670126602731..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Importing the FutureDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-2984146107899547952009-03-19T11:11:00.000+00:002009-03-19T11:11:00.000+00:00Thanks, David. Just out of interest, for those of ...Thanks, David. Just out of interest, for those of us that cannot read Icelandic without masses of dictionary work, there are two news sites in English for general news on Iceland:<BR/><BR/>http://tiny.cc/PYK2m <BR/><BR/>and <BR/><BR/>http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/english/<BR/><BR/>I "Tiny URL" longer links to avoid a long messy string of gobbledegook.<BR/><BR/>The Tiny URL way of shrinking URLs isEric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-49061161807668682502009-03-19T11:08:00.000+00:002009-03-19T11:08:00.000+00:00The IR article says: Image of Old Iceland: Million...The IR article says: <BR/><BR/>Image of Old Iceland: Million Percent Men by Ólafur Gunnarsson<BR/>Review by Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir. <BR/><BR/>Million Percent Men by award-winning Icelandic novelist Ólafur Gunnarsson, originally published in 1978, was recently released in English in the translation of David McDuff. <BR/><BR/>The book tells the story of Engilbert, who, upon returning to Iceland David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-34409372907758002522009-03-19T11:04:00.000+00:002009-03-19T11:04:00.000+00:00Hi Eric, the MPM/Iceland Review link works OK on m...Hi Eric, the MPM/Iceland Review link works OK on my system. Maybe you could try pasting in the URL directly?<BR/><BR/>http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/reviews/?ew_news_onlyarea=content1&ew_news_onlyposition=10&<BR/>cat_id=59343&ew_10_a_id=315518David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-78296148462603444822009-03-19T10:54:00.000+00:002009-03-19T10:54:00.000+00:00P.S. I couldn't get the link to Ólafur Gunnarsson ...P.S. I couldn't get the link to Ólafur Gunnarsson and his novel "Milljón prósent menn" to work, but I found a brief description of him, in English, at:<BR/><BR/>http://www.bokmenntahatid.is/Apps/WebObjects/Bokmenntahatid.woa/wa/dp?id=1000016Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-37906470460916286252009-03-19T10:46:00.000+00:002009-03-19T10:46:00.000+00:00I've just read Michael Lewis' article on-screen, s...I've just read Michael Lewis' article on-screen, something I rarely do. But the long article was so intriguing that I read it at one sitting. I'm glad that David drew our attention to it. It is the best article I've read about the Icelandic financial crash that is both written in layman's terms, and involves the psychology of nation and gender - a strange combination, but very pertinent under theEric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com