Woman at 1,000 Degrees
"A spirited eighty-year-old Icelandic woman reflects on her life as she lies alone in a garage in Reykjavik, waiting to die"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Icelandic |
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "A spirited eighty-year-old Icelandic woman reflects on her life as she lies alone in a garage in Reykjavik, waiting to die"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 391 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781616206239 1616206233 |
| Author Notes: | Hallgrímur Helgason was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1959. He started out as an artist and debuted as a novelist in 1990, gaining international attention with his third novel, 101 Reykjavík , which was translated into fourteen languages and made into a film. He has thrice been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize, including for his novel Woman at 1,000 Degrees . Also a columnist and a father of three, he now divides his time between Reykjavík and Hrísey Island. His website is HallgrimurHelgason.com. |
