Hundadagar ('Dog-Days') is a 2015 novel by Einar Már Guðmundsson, published in Reykjavík by Mál og menning. It won the 2015 Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin in the literature category.[1] It is set between the 1720s and the 1820s and prominently features the English collector of (inter alia) Icelandic manuscripts Joseph Banks.

First edition

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  1. Kristján Guðjónsson, 'Þeir hljóta íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin: Einar Már, Gunnar Helga og Gunnar Þór hljóta verðlaunin í ár', DV 10 February 2016, http://www.dv.is/menning/2016/2/10/islensku-bokmenntaverdlaunin-2015/ Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine.