Hallgrímur Helgason

Woman at 1,000 Degrees

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'The hottest new book from Iceland is The Woman at 1,000 Degrees... What a story it is.' Washington Post Eighty-year old Herra Björnsson lies alone in her garage waiting to die. Oh, she has two weeks left, maybe three - she has booked her cremation appointment, at a blistering 1,000 degrees, so it won't be long. But until then she has her cigarettes, her laptop, a World War II grenade, and her memories to sustain her. One of the most original narrators in literary history, Herra takes readers with her on a dazzling ride of a novel as she reflects - in a voice by turns darkly funny, poignant and always, always smart - on the mishaps, tragedie… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Fitzgibbon, Brian (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-78607-168-2
EAN: 9781786071682
Produktnummer: 25393715
Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 464 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'326 KB

Über den Autor

Hallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic painter, novelist, translator, and columnist. His first novel was published in 1990 and he came to international fame with his third novel, 101 Reykjavik, which was translated into fourteen languages and was made into a film. A father of three, he divides his time between Reykjavík and the island of Hrísey.