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World Service,1 min

Why Sjón’s sofa helps his creativity

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How this Icelandic writer’s couch gives him the inspirational space he needs to work. As a novelist who likes to write as little and seldom as possible, Sjón uses his sofa as a way of establishing his writing zone. Being his bed for naps and his writing chair while working, it allows him to get back to the moment when he felt he had a story to tell Photo shows Sjón (c) BBC

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