8 Hallgrimur Helgason Quotes for You to Enjoy

Hallgrimur Helgason

Icelander Novelist

Born: Feb 18, 1959

Life Made People Style Writing You

Related authors: Charles Dickens Ernest Hemingway Gustave Flaubert James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Paulo Coelho Walter Scott

I'm trying to write about serious issues, about Iceland's journey into modernity, about the soul of Iceland - on how people react when they get too much money too quickly and how it affects our culture. Hallgrimur Helgason

Journey Soul Culture People Money Too Much Too Too Much Money Our About Write React How Issues Affects Quickly Get Trying Iceland Modernity Much Serious Serious Issues

Thanks to the Jolabokaflod, books still matter in Iceland; they get read and talked about. Excitement fills the air. Every reading is crowded; every print run is sold. Hallgrimur Helgason

Matter Reading Thanks Every Air Sold Books Run About Crowded Excitement Talked Read Print Still Get Iceland Fills

In Iceland, book lives matter in every sense of that phrase: The shelf-life of the book, the lives in the book, the life of the writer, and the life of the reader. Hallgrimur Helgason

Life Book Matter Sense Every Phrase Writer Reader Iceland Lives

Iceland is a rich country, but in the early 21st century, this prosperity got to our heads, and in 2008, it collapsed. Hallgrimur Helgason

Prosperity Country Rich Our Collapsed Heads Got Iceland Century Early

For us Icelanders, the Sagas are like the Bible, only much better. Hallgrimur Helgason

Bible Better Only Like Us Much

Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they were written than what they are like to read. Hallgrimur Helgason

Reading About More Writers Written Like Know Read How Were Than Curious Authors Interested Many Works Actual

I'm the kind of writer who thinks style is just as important as the story being told. Hallgrimur Helgason

Important Style Kind Writer Just Being Story Who Thinks

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