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'Incredibly funny, incredibly insightful and incredibly moving' Fiona Mozley, author of Hot Stew

A darkly comic and explosive tale of a world at war and one island girl's struggle to survive

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, tragedies and turns of luck that shaped her life. And with a bawdy, uncompromising spirit, she has survived it all. As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Hallgrímur Helgason tells the deeply moving story of a woman swept up by the forces of history.

'Incredibly funny, incredibly insightful and incredibly moving' Fiona Mozley, author of Hot Stew

A darkly comic and explosive tale of a world at war and one island girl's struggle to survive

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, tragedies and turns of luck that shaped her life. And with a bawdy, uncompromising spirit, she has survived it all. As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, Hallgrímur Helgason tells the deeply moving story of a woman swept up by the forces of history.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Medium: Taschenbuch
Originaltitel: Konan við 1000 Grad
Übersetzungstitel: Eine Frau bei tausend Grad
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781786074553
ISBN-10: 1786074559
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Paperback
Autor: Helgason, Hallgrímur
Übersetzung: FitzGibbon, Brian
Hersteller: Oneworld Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 132 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Hallgrímur Helgason
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2018
Gewicht: 0,341 kg
Artikel-ID: 113601399

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