Storytellers

Would you murder your brothers to keep them from telling the truth about themselves?On a long cold Icelandic night in March 1920 Gunnar a hermit blacksmith finds himself with an unwanted lodger - Sigurd an injured stranger who offers a story from the past. But some stories even those of an old man who can barely walk are too dangerous to hear. They alter the listeners lives forever... by ending them.Others are keen on changing Gunnars life as well. Depending on who gets to tell his story it might lead towards an unwanted marriage an intervention rejoining the Church letting the elf drive him insane or succumbing to the demons in his mind. Will he manage to write his own last chapter?Bjørn Larssens award-winning novel is an otherworldly emotive Icelandic saga - a story of love and loneliness relief and suffering hatred... and hope.Addictive to the extreme. I cannot praise this book enough. - Mary Anne Yarde Coffee Pot Book Club...the then is just as captivating as the now story. We know that the then story is setting out little clues but its hard to know what they are. - #DDRevs Historical Fiction ReviewsDiscovering Diamonds Discovered Diamond Winner shortlisted for Book of the Month Coffee Pot Book Club Award Winner Coffee Pot Book Club Historical Fiction (Modern) Book of the Year - Honourable Mention Readers Choice Best Cover Award Winner Readers Favourite Five-Stars PickNote: British English conventions spelling and grammar were used in this book.The author is an ex-blacksmith lover of all things Icelandic physically located in Amsterdam spiritually living in a log cabin near Akureyri. He has published stories and essays in Polish and American magazines both online and in print. This is his first novel.