The Casket of Time

"The love child of Chomsky and Lewis Carroll." -- Rebecca Solnit, author of Call Them by Their True Names
"I have not previously seen the fairy tale genre so well tied up with a sci-fi story, a fantasy tale and a contemporary drama all at once. It really is elegant and full of surprises. I am therefore not at all surprised that the book has already won a few awards in Iceland. It would not surprise me if it also won the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize." * Weekendavisen, Denmark *
"The story confronts the concept of time and twists old fairy-tale memories with a passionate creativity." * The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize *
"A sparkling and entertaining adventure story in two time eras with a clear moral which, however, never turns into a sermon." * Frettabladid *
"The largest box of chocolate written in the Icelandic language that I have ever laid my hands on... This is confectionery for the mind! Wow! It is so good that I forgot to make notes ... This is a book for the 3 year old, the 30 year old, the 300 year old." -- Audur Haraldsdottir * Channel 2, National Radio *
"Here we have a timeless fairy tale, and Magnason's depiction of this magical world is magnificently well realized." -- Jon Bjarki Magnusson * DV Daily *
"This is a book I would put on a shelf with The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland and The Little Prince. A children's story but it would be very good for adults to read it as well."
-Eric Lorberer of Rain Taxi Review * Rain Taxi Review *
"I loved this book so much - it is a cerebral tale, well told and unabashedly philosophical. So grim that I fear it will not be for everyone...But despite the beheadings, the grave-robbing, the people casually thrown to the lions, the central message of the book is clear, and it's welcome. Greed hurts us; power ruins us; and time has never been our enemy. Indeed, Magnason reminds us, as long as our tendency toward self-destruction doesn't get in the way, time is the earth's, and humanity's, greatest healer."
-Kelly Barnhill, New York Times Book Review * New York Times Book Review *
"The power of story animates a tale that communicates-but is not overpowered by-urgent messages."
-Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews *