Around 50,000 people inhabit the eighteen rugged, treeless islands located between Iceland, Scotland, and Norway in the North Atlantic. For centuries, a rich oral tradition of ballads, legends, and fairy tales flourished here. From this, a confident, narrative-driven, and experimental literature in Faroese has emerged, tackling the great themes of humanity from its small islands. This anthology gathers the best stories of Faroese literature, from classics like William Heinesen to the latest generation, represented by authors such as Marjun Kjelnæs and Elias Askham. For German readers, this offers the first opportunity to access a previously under-translated literature in all its diversity.