Miss Iceland
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Contributors
FitzGibbon, Brian (Translator), translator.
Published
New York : Black Cat, 2020.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780802149237, 0802149235
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 21 cm
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Published
New York : Black Cat, 2020.
Language
English
ISBN
9780802149237, 0802149235
Notes
General Note
Miss Iceland was first published as Ungfrú Ísland by Benedikt in Iceland in 2018.
Description
"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 Joyce's Ulysses and a Remington typewriter, Hekla heads for Reykjavík with a manuscript buried in her bags. She moves in with her friend Jon, a gay man who longs to work in the theater, 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Denville Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION AUDUR AVA OLAFSDOTTIR | Available |
Florham Park Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION AUDUR | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction | ARDUR A. OLAFSDOTTIR | Available |
Hunterdon North County Branch - Adult Fiction | ARDUR A. OLAFSDOTTIR | Available |
Kinnelon Library - Adult Fiction | FIC AUDUR | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Auður A. Ólafsdóttir., & FitzGibbon, B. (. (2020). Miss Iceland . Black Cat.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Auður A. Ólafsdóttir, 1958- and Brian (Translator), FitzGibbon. 2020. Miss Iceland. Black Cat.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Auður A. Ólafsdóttir, 1958- and Brian (Translator), FitzGibbon. Miss Iceland Black Cat, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Auður A. Ólafsdóttir, and Brian (Translator) FitzGibbon. Miss Iceland Black Cat, 2020.
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