Desire, beauty, nature and lyrical writing… These are the ingredients of the one of a kind novel Summer light, and then comes the night. To create this magic potion, blend thoughts about the link between day and night with meditations about the universe and the circumstances that lead you to meet new people. To enhance this piece of poetry, add a script evocative of an eerie atmosphere in the unique land of Iceland. You will be part of the life of a small community without any church or churchyard. You will follow the life of many different people, from the man dreaming in Latin, to an intricate father-son relationship and a man who cannot count the fish. But within this book there is also a haunting desire. Get ready to discover all of life’s ambivalence, oscillating between Eros and Thanatos, with romance, a happy lorry driver, the return of a former lover, Apocalypse, lust, thwarted love and death. In a singular voice, Jón Kalman Stefánsson delivers an entrancing depiction of his homeland in this wonderfully written book. It opens the way to imagination without losing its crude honesty on human nature and pulsions.