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Availability:In StockContributor:Auður Ava ÓlafsdóttirPublish date:2020-06-16Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove Press, Black CatISBN-13:9780802149237ISBN-10:802149235UPC:9780802149237Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, City LifeSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC0WZ44G0R
The extraordinary new novel from Nordic Council Literature Prize-winning Au ur Ava lafsd ttir

Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla always knew she wanted to be a writer. In a nation of poets, where each household proudly displays leatherbound volumes of the Sagas, and there are more writers per capita than anywhere else in the world, there is only one problem: she is a woman.

After packing her few belongings, including James Joyces's Ulysess and a Remington typewriter, Hekla heads for Reykjavik with a manuscript buried in her bags. She moves in with her friend Jon, a gay man who longs to work in the theatre, but can only find dangerous, backbreaking work on fishing trawlers. Hekla's opportunities are equally limited: marriage and babies, or her job as a waitress, in which harassment from customers is part of the daily grind. The two friends feel completely out of place in a small and conservative world.

And yet that world is changing: JFK is shot and hemlines are rising. In Iceland another volcano erupts and Hekla meets a poet who brings to light harsh realities about her art. Hekla realizes she must escape to find freedom abroad, whatever the cost.

Miss Iceland is a novel of extraordinary poise and masterful acuity from one of our most celebrated Icelandic writers.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove Press, Black CatISBN-13:9780802149237ISBN-10:802149235UPC:9780802149237Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, City LifeSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC0WZ44G0R
Ólafsdóttir, Auður Ava: - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic prize-winning novelist, playwright and a poet. She is the author of six novels, a collection of poetry and four plays that have been performed at the National Theatre in Iceland and at the Reykjavik City Theatre. She also writes the lyrics for the Icelandic performance pop band Milkywhale. Auður Ava's novels have been translated into over 25 languages and among them are The Greenhouse and Butterflies in November. Her last novel, Hotel Silence, won the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literary Prize. Her forthcoming novel Miss Iceland won the Icelandic Bookseller's Prize. Auður Ava lives in Reykjavik.

Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat

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