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Miss Iceland

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla is a budding female novelist who was born in the remote district of Dalir. After packing her few belongings, including James Joyces's Ulysses and a Remington typewriter, she heads for Reykjavik with a manuscript buried in her bags. There, she intends to become a writer. Sharing an apartment with her childhood and queer friend Jón John, Hekla comes to learn that she will have to stand alone in a small male dominated community that would rather see her win a pageant than be a professional artist. As the two friends find themselves increasingly on the outside, their bond shapes and strengthens them artistically in the most moving of ways.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Black Cat/Grove Press (New York)

Release: June 16, 2020

ISBN: 0802149235

ISBN 13: 9780802149237

Miss Iceland

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla is a budding female novelist who was born in the remote district of Dalir. After packing her few belongings, including James Joyces's Ulysses and a Remington typewriter, she heads for Reykjavik with a manuscript buried in her bags. There, she intends to become a writer. Sharing an apartment with her childhood and queer friend Jón John, Hekla comes to learn that she will have to stand alone in a small male dominated community that would rather see her win a pageant than be a professional artist. As the two friends find themselves increasingly on the outside, their bond shapes and strengthens them artistically in the most moving of ways.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Black Cat/Grove Press (New York)

Release: June 16, 2020

ISBN: 0802149235

ISBN 13: 9780802149237

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