Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.04.2011, Page 1

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FASHION
RFF 2011
in retrospect
Are Icelanders
true romantics?
TRANSPORT
How can Rvk's bus
system suck less?
MUSIC
What a mess!
What a mess!
TRAVEL
GOLDEN CIRCLE
remains golden
LOVE
IN THE ISSUE Issue 4 • 2011 • April 8 - May 5 2011 COMPLETE CITY LISTINGS - INSIDE!+
Full schedule
inside
The small size of Iceland's population ensures that practically all Icelandic writing represents the nation as a
whole, regardless of the author's intentions (statistically, only around 0,0046% of all words uttered in the world are
in Icelandic). Icelandic literature thus tends to mainly represent Iceland to Icelanders, shaping their collective
self-image. The 2008 crash had a profound effect on the people of Iceland. But how did this manifest in said
inward conversation? Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl explores the crisis in Icelandic literature. Page 12
Drugs, Alienation,
Loneliness
and Murder