Sixty Kilograms of Sun, by Hallgrimur Helgason: Herrings and Men. Against the backdrop of a training novel, a colorful evocation of Iceland.
Eilifur left her home before Christmas to collect flour, but on her way back her farm was destroyed by an avalanche. A mooing alerts him that there is a survivor, his little Gestur. With this improbable rescue of a cow supporting the entire stable on its back while a little boy suckles from its udder, Sixty Kilos of Sun begins.