\u00cd b\u00f3kinni er a\u00f0 finna s\u00f6gur eftir \u00ferett\u00e1n h\u00f6funda, s\u00fa elsta er eftir Sherwood Anderson, s\u00fa yngsta eftir Alice Munro. \u00dearna eru l\u00edka s\u00f6gur eftir William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor, Susan Sontag, Amy Tan, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Ralph Ellison og Philip Roth. S\u00f6gurnar eru allar \u00ed n\u00fdjum e\u00f0a n\u00fdyfirf\u00f6rnum \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingum. Bjartur gefur \u00fat.<\/p>\n

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UMFJ\u00d6LLUN<\/p>\n

Einar Falur Ing\u00f3lfsson: Vanda\u00f0 og hr\u00edfandi sagnasafn<\/a><\/p>\n

Magn\u00fas Halld\u00f3rsson: Heilindin \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 hv\u00edta f\u00edla<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ekki veit \u00e9g hva\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er me\u00f0 mig og sm\u00e1s\u00f6gur. \u00dea\u00f0 er einhver fyrirsta\u00f0a og \u00e9g dreg \u00fea\u00f0 alltaf \u00ed lengstu l\u00f6g a\u00f0 lesa \u00fe\u00e6r, jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3tt um upp\u00e1haldsh\u00f6funda s\u00e9 a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a. \u00c9g \u00fearf a\u00f0 her\u00f0a mig upp, tala \u00ed mig kjark.<\/p>\n

\u00deegar \u00e9g heyr\u00f0i um hina br\u00e1\u00f0snj\u00f6llu hugmynd a\u00f0 gefa \u00fat sm\u00e1sagnas\u00f6fn, \u00fear sem hvert hefti v\u00e6ri helga\u00f0 hverri heims\u00e1lfu, hugsa\u00f0i \u00e9g, \u00feetta skal \u00e9g lesa. Engu a\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0ur l\u00e9t \u00e9g \u00fea\u00f0 dragast \u00ed \u00a0meira en h\u00e1lft \u00e1r.<\/p>\n

\u00cd b\u00f3kinni eru 13 s\u00f6gur fr\u00e1 Nor\u00f0ur-Amer\u00edku. Suma h\u00f6fundanna \u00feekki \u00e9g en a\u00f0ra ekki. \u00deetta er fj\u00f6lbreyttur h\u00f3pur, konur og karlar, f\u00f3lk af \u00f3l\u00edkum uppruna og me\u00f0 mismunandi bakgrunn. Hver saga er brot af l\u00edfi og saman mynda \u00fe\u00e6r heilan heim. Margar s\u00f6gur komu m\u00e9r \u00e1 \u00f3vart, l\u00edklega er \u00fea\u00f0 e\u00f0li sm\u00e1sagna.<\/p>\n

\u00c9g \u00e6tla ekki a\u00f0 fjalla efnislega um b\u00e6kurnar, \u00a0til \u00feess eru \u00fe\u00e6r of margar og \u00e9g get ekki e\u00f0a vil, gera upp \u00e1 milli \u00feeirra.<\/p>\n

\u00dea\u00f0 er ekki bara a\u00f0 b\u00f3kin f\u00e6ri okkur \u00feessar s\u00f6gur, \u00ed henni er l\u00edka fjalla\u00f0 um sm\u00e1s\u00f6guna sem sl\u00edka, auk \u00feess f\u00e6r lesandinn nokkurn fr\u00f3\u00f0leik um hvern og einn h\u00f6fund sagnanna og aftast er \u00f6rl\u00edti\u00f0 sagt fr\u00e1 \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0endum. \u00cd hinu knappa formi sm\u00e1s\u00f6gunnar veldur hver heldur\u00a0 \u00e1 . Reyndar er \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0endur alltaf mikilv\u00e6gir.<\/p>\n

\u00c9g h\u00f3f \u00feennan pistil \u00e1 a\u00f0 tala um vandam\u00e1l mitt gagnvart sm\u00e1s\u00f6gum. Mig grunar \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0una. Engar s\u00f6gur ganga eins n\u00e6rri m\u00e9r og g\u00f3\u00f0 sm\u00e1saga og \u00e9g er ekki alltaf tilb\u00fain til a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0.<\/p>\n

\u00cd \u00feetta skipti \u00e1kva\u00f0 \u00e9g a\u00f0 lesa tv\u00e6r s\u00f6gur \u00e1 kv\u00f6ldi, hvorki meira n\u00e9 minna. \u00dea\u00f0 gekk vel og \u00fe\u00e6r meiddu mig ekki \u00f3b\u00e6rilega en n\u00e6st \u00e6tla \u00e9g a\u00f0 lesa eina \u00e1 dag. Og \u00e9g hlakka til.<\/p>\n

Lokaor\u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00e9r finnst \u00fatkoma \u00feessarar b\u00f3kar eitt \u00fea\u00f0 merkasta sem lengi hefur gerst \u00ed b\u00f3kaheiminum. R\u00fanar Helgi Vignisson, Krist\u00edn Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir og J\u00f3n Karl Helgason \u00f6nnu\u00f0ust \u00feessa \u00fatg\u00e1fu. \u00c9g \u00feakka \u00feeim.<\/p>\n

Berg\u00fe\u00f3ra G\u00edslad\u00f3ttir<\/a><\/p>\n

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