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Storlax
Professor of Political Science, Robert Jackson & Icelandic singer and songwriter, Bubbi Morthens
On a dark night at the end of winter, Storlax calls his relatives together. It is time to embark on the long journey.
"Close your eyes and think of the whitest white there ever was. Whiter than the whitest cloud and brighter than the brightest star. That's how bright and white it was. And try, if you dare, to think of a cold so cold, that it was colder than the coldest cold from the wintriest of winters. So cold that the sea turned to ice and snow covered the land. Now, think of the darkest dark and the blackest black. There had never been a darker black, or a blacker dark, for that was what it was like under the ice-covered sea. This is where our story begins."
Storlax was first published in Icelandic in a shortened version, in 2004, where it topped the children's bestseller lists for many months. It has since been rewritten and developed into the story that Meadowside is proud to publish this year. It is first and foremost an epic children's story, a story of intense adventures, endurance and tenacity, unity and fear, told with great humour, optimism and warmth. But it also serves to gently inform the reader, not just about the life of the salmon, but also its plight at the hands of what our heroes come to know as "The Shadows".
On a dark night at the end of winter, Storlax calls his relatives together. It is time to embark on the long journey.
"Close your eyes and think of the whitest white there ever was. Whiter than the whitest cloud and brighter than the brightest star. That's how bright and white it was. And try, if you dare, to think of a cold so cold, that it was colder than the coldest cold from the wintriest of winters. So cold that the sea turned to ice and snow covered the land. Now, think of the darkest dark and the blackest black. There had never been a darker black, or a blacker dark, for that was what it was like under the ice-covered sea. This is where our story begins."
Storlax was first published in Icelandic in a shortened version, in 2004, where it topped the children's bestseller lists for many months. It has since been rewritten and developed into the story that Meadowside is proud to publish this year. It is first and foremost an epic children's story, a story of intense adventures, endurance and tenacity, unity and fear, told with great humour, optimism and warmth. But it also serves to gently inform the reader, not just about the life of the salmon, but also its plight at the hands of what our heroes come to know as "The Shadows".
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
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May 31, 2022
Join Salto, Una and Storlax on a journey from a salmon's point of view. I think that it's a incredible book about Atlantic salmon's migration and how shadows (humans) have made it harder for them on their great journeys. This book is best for children who are 9 years old and over.
May 26, 2023
This book turned me vegan when I was 14, and will always have a super special place in my heart.
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