Whispering Muse

The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilisation, has had the singular good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea.

Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner he entrances his fellow travellers with the tale of how he sailed with the fabled vessel the Argo on the Argonauts’ quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.

A master storyteller, Sjón seamlessly blends seafaring yarns of the ancient world with the manners of the modern age.

Anul este 1949 si Valdimar Haraldsson, un excentric islandez cu idei ridicate despre influenta consumului de peste asupra civilizatiei nordice, a avut norocul singular de a fi invitat sa se alature unei nave comerciale daneze in drumul sau spre Marea Neagra. este eroul mitic Caeneus, deghizat in al doilea partener.