Codex 1962
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New York : MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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Columbia Pike - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Format
Book
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517 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English

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"Originally published in Icelandic in 2016 by JPV Publishing; Iceland. English translation originally published in 2018 by Sceptre, Great Britain" -- Verso title page.
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Over the course of four dazzling novels translated into dozens of languages, Sjón has earned a global reputation as one of the world's most interesting writers. But what the world has never been able to read is his great trilogy of novels, known collectively as CoDex 1962-now finally complete. Josef Löwe, the narrator, was born in 1962-the same year, the same moment even, as Sjón. Josef's story, however, stretches back decades in the form of Leo Löwe-a Jewish fugitive during World War II who has an affair with a maid in a German inn; together, they form a baby from a piece of clay. If the first volume is a love story, the second is a crime story: Löwe arrives in Iceland with the clay-baby inside a hatbox, only to be embroiled in a murder mystery-but by the end of the volume, his clay son has come to life. And in the final volume, set in present-day Reykjavík, Josef's story becomes science fiction as he crosses paths with the outlandish CEO of a biotech company (based closely on reality) who brings the story of genetics and genesis full circle. But the future, according to Sjón, is not so dark as it seems. -- from Amazon.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sjón., & Cribb, V. (2018). Codex 1962 (First American edition.). MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sjón, 1962- and Victoria Cribb. 2018. Codex 1962. MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sjón, 1962- and Victoria Cribb. Codex 1962 MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Sjón, and Victoria Cribb. Codex 1962 First American edition., MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

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