The Cage of Lilja Sigurðardóttir

// novel // detective novel // published in 2019 // 312 pages // Métaillié editions // translation by Jean-Christophe Salaün //

A trader imprisoned for financial misconduct plunges into a risky investigation surrounding the construction of an aluminum plant – a very real case that has sent the country into turmoil, as evidenced in Benedikt Erlingsson's excellent film, Woman at War.

In the genre of crime fiction, which Iceland, like Scandinavia, has made a specialty of, the playwright and novelist Lilja Sigurðardóttir has written several incisive works on the torments of contemporary Icelandic society, among which one might not necessarily expect... corruption.

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At the Ísland gallery, these books from my library are available for browsing, picking, and discussion... And if you're interested, they're on the shelves of the city's excellent bookstores.

But others are on sale, arriving directly from an Icelandic publisher and distributor, and you won't find them anywhere else: photography, history, tales, humor. Take the opportunity to discover Icelandic legends, landscapes, and little peculiarities.