Smásagnasafn Ólafs Gunnarssonar, sem gefið var út undir nafninu The Thaw, er að gera góða hluti vestanhafs þessa dagana.

Á dögunum birtist dómur í tímaritinu Artfuse sem segir m.a.

„“The Thaw” — Memorable Stories of Fear and Loathing in Iceland … Throughout these superb stories, there is a certain desolation, of the heart as well as of the landscape.“

Veftímaritið Foreword Review lofaði sömuleiðis bók Ólafs:

„The Thaw, by award-winning Icelandic author Ólafur Gunnarsson, explores the human psyche in an incisive collection of short stories translated into English. In spare, minimalist prose, the author documents both the joys and tragedies of being human while exploring such diverse themes as aging, terminal illness, rivalry, and what is real … brilliant juxtaposition of the quotidian and the grotesque“