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Larissa Kyzer is a writer and Icelandic-English literary translator. Her translation work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the European Union Prize for Literature, Fulbright, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, the Icelandic Literature Center, Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature, & Finland’s Kone Foundation. She is a member of the Translators Organizing Committee, on the board of the American Literary Translators Association, and runs the Women+ in Translation reading series Jill! ...more

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	Snowblind (Dark Iceland, #1) by Ragnar Jónasson (Goodreads Author), Quentin Bates (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 25,250 ratings — published 2010 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fires by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.77 avg rating — 4,566 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mark by Fríða Ísberg (Goodreads Author), Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (translator), Peta Cornish (Narrator) 3.62 avg rating — 3,652 ratings — published 2021 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fist or a Heart by Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 953 ratings — published 2017 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screenshot by Bergur Ebbi, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 413 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father's Library: Requiem by Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One True Word by Snæbjörn Arngrímsson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (translator) 2.98 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Reykjavik by Becca Parkinson (Editor), Vera Juliusdottir (Editor), Sjón (Foreword) 3.78 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ninth Step by Ingvi Þór Kormáksson, Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 2.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	22 Places You Absolutely Must See In The Faroe Islands by Larissa Kyzer (Goodreads Author), Páll Stefánsson (Photographer) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A big thank you, Larissa, for recommending McSweeney's Magazine #15. It arrived last week from Malmo, not New Jersey as I'd imagined. The writing was generally good - I am a bit of a short story fan. But Fridrick and the Eedjit, by Sjon, was as brilliant a short story as I have ever read. It was so poetic and rich in humanity. I have a copy of The Mouth of the Whale that I will read when I've finish Iceland's Bell by Halldor Laxness.
So thanks again, Larissa!

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