Author: Clément Guntern
CLéMENT GUNTERN
Towards an irreconcilable Switzerland
On peut se réjouir ou s’attrister des résultats des élections fédérales de cet automne, selon ses sensibilités. Cependant, on peut...
Laxness, Iceland's epic breath of fresh air
Despite winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955, Halldór Laxness remains unknown in Iceland. Yet he is considered Iceland's greatest modern writer.
The sagas, a treasure to be discovered
Le terme de saga, entré dans le langage courant, peut recouvrir une multitude de réalités différentes. N’oublions pas que les...
The saga of Icelandic literature
The land of ice and fire: that's how we describe this country on the edge of Europe, long relegated to the unenviable position of an inhospitable land on the edge of the world. Over the past few years, Instagram has seen countless photographs of Iceland's natural wonders: its waterfalls, glaciers, black sand beaches and volcanoes, but also its uninhabited moorland, sometimes verdant, sometimes barren and desolate. Yet this romantic definition of a country where the opposing elements engage in an endless struggle to create an original nature cannot really capture what makes Iceland a true jewel of European culture. European, yes, because despite a certain proximity to the North American continent, this country has never ceased to be, through all its roots, a land of old Europe.
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