{"product_id":"miss-iceland-paperback","title":"Miss Iceland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAuður Ava Ólafsdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary new novel from Nordic Council Literature Prize-winning Au ur Ava  lafsd ttir\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After packing her few belongings, including James Joyces's \u003ci\u003eUlysess\u003c\/i\u003e and a Remington typewriter, Hekla heads for Reykjavik with a manuscript buried in her bags. She moves in with her friend Jon, a gay man who longs to work in the theatre, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiss Iceland\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of extraordinary poise and masterful acuity from one of our most celebrated Icelandic writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757552828704,"sku":"9780802149237","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e01c470172871da24933a7ec97dcae2f.webp?v=1780105139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/miss-iceland-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}