Reykjavik Requiem by Gerður Kristný
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Jean Sprackland is celebrated for her tactile

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generational and class identities

His voice is by turns celebratory

Reykjavik Requiem by Gerður Kristný <br><b>PBS Autumn Special Commendation 2020</b> Long Pass Jean Sprackland is celebrated forThis is Gerur Kristn's third collection from Arc and the third of the trilogy which already comprises the highly acclaimed Bloodhoof and Drpa. In all three poetic sequences, the poet employs the archaic form of the saga to conjure up razor sharp dark and bewildering images of the fates of women in a world where the boundaries between life and death and what lies beyond are unclear. In this particular sequence, Gerur Kristn gives a voice to a woman