Familiar Strangers
Eindride makes small-talk with familiar strangers in his wife’s company’s annual Christmas party.
Fiction by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
Fiction by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson
The genre of Börkur Sigurbjörnsson’s short stories is mostly realistic fiction but mixed with fantasy, creating a blurry boundary between fiction and reality. The stories are illustrated by the author himself or by his friends.
A selection of the short stories can be found in the short story collections 999 Abroad and Talk to Strangers. In addition to English, Börkur also writes short stories in Spanish and Icelandic.
Eindride makes small-talk with familiar strangers in his wife’s company’s annual Christmas party.
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