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Iceland Polished. Poems and Stories by Ewa Marcinek. Translated by Helga Soffía Einarsdóttir.
Polished Iceland is a collection of short stories and poems by the Polish writer Ewa Marcinek, who lives in Reykjavík. The book's content is partly autobiographical and describes the reality of a young Polish woman in Reykjavík and her experience of Icelandic society and language. The book, which was originally written in English, has been in the works for some time and various excerpts from it have previously been published, such as in the magazine Ós pressunnar and in the Tímarit Máls og menningar. In addition, the international theater group Reykjavík Ensamble has staged part of the work in the play Ísland Pólerað or Polishing Iceland, which many readers will no doubt be familiar with. The book therefore has a complex reception history and is published here in its entirety for the first time in an Icelandic translation by Helga Soffía Einarsdóttir. In many ways, the creation of the book reflects the meeting of languages and cultures that takes place in the narrative; The book is, as the author himself has pointed out, an immigration story by a Polish writer, written in English and published by an Icelandic publisher.
Polished Iceland is a collection of short stories and poems by the Polish writer Ewa Marcinek, who lives in Reykjavík. The book's content is partly autobiographical and describes the reality of a young Polish woman in Reykjavík and her experience of Icelandic society and language. The book, which was originally written in English, has been in the works for some time and various excerpts from it have previously been published, such as in the magazine Ós pressunnar and in the Tímarit Máls og menningar. In addition, the international theater group Reykjavík Ensamble has staged part of the work in the play Ísland Pólerað or Polishing Iceland, which many readers will no doubt be familiar with. The book therefore has a complex reception history and is published here in its entirety for the first time in an Icelandic translation by Helga Soffía Einarsdóttir. In many ways, the creation of the book reflects the meeting of languages and cultures that takes place in the narrative; The book is, as the author himself has pointed out, an immigration story by a Polish writer, written in English and published by an Icelandic publisher.