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 · Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, Kari Gislason was the subject of a promise - a promise elicited from his father to not reveal his identity. The Icelandic city of Reykjavik, where Kari was born, was also home to his father and his father's wife and five children - none of whom knew of Kari's existence/5(2).  · Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, Kári Gíslason was the subject of a promise – a promise elicited from his father to not reveal his identity. The Icelandic city of Reykjavík, where Kári was born, was also home to his father and his father’s wife and five children – none of whom knew of Kári’s existence. Moving regularly between Iceland and Released on: J. The Promise of Iceland | In , K ri G slason travelled to Iceland to meet his father for the first time. What he finds is not what he expected. Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, K ri G slason was the subject of a promise - a promise elicited from his father to not reveal his identity.

Kári Gíslason is a writer and an academic who lectures in Creative Writing at QUT. Kári was awarded a doctorate in for his thesis on medieval Icelandic literature. His first book, The Promise of Iceland (UQP, ), told the story of return journeys he's made to his birthplace. Kári Gíslason was born in Reykjavík in He moved to England at the age of ten, and then to Australia four years later. His first book, The Promise of Iceland, told the story of the journeys that he has made to his bltadwin.ru , he published a novel, The Ash Burner.. Kári was awarded a doctorate in for his thesis on medieval Icelandic literature. Saga Land, by Richard Fidler and Kári Gíslason, gives itself a noble title for a worthy venture. A collation of selected sagas of Iceland, it is also a story of the country itself that fostered and fed this type of tale-telling, and about two friends who adventured together to discover them.

Kari was born from a seven-year secret relationship between his British mum and Icelandic dad. As the title of his book suggests 'The Promise of Iceland' - Kari made a promise to his dad and mum. Born from a secret liaison between a British mother and an Icelandic father, Kari Gislason was the subject of a promise - a promise elicited from his father to not reveal his identity. The Icelandic city of Reykjavik, where Kari was born, was also home to his father and his father's wife and five children - none of whom knew of Kari's existence. bltadwin.ru: The Promise of Iceland () by Gíslason, Kári and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.