Trafika Europe 1 - Northern Idyll

Contents

Editor's welcome........................................................................ i

* Jón Kalman Stefánsson: The Heart of Man (excerpt)..........1 Aurélia Lassaque: The King of Golden Silk (a poem)..........28 He ensnares birds and banters with the wind. ................................30 Her skin, hot and dark .....................................................................31 She spent long secret hours in the orchard .....................................32 A black woman dreamed .................................................................33 Beyond green mornings they glided ................................................34 A house of stone and linen curtains ................................................35 At the solstice hour..........................................................................36 You’ve chosen the path for the land of night. .................................37 * Jóanes Nielson The Brahmadells – A North Atlantic Chronicle (excerpt) ................................................................ 38 The 185th Birthday.............................................................................40 The Orange.........................................................................................49 Manicus and Panum...........................................................................50 Mogul .................................................................................................53 The Little Wandering Church ..............................................................55 Tóvó’s Flies .........................................................................................61 Grandma Pisan ...................................................................................66 Sorrow and Rhyme .............................................................................69