by Hallgrímur Helgason · dtv Verlagsgesellschaft · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423214490
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«Eine Frau bei 1000°» is the novel by Hallgrímur Helgason, published by dtv Verlagsgesellschaft in paperback (399 pages, in German).
The novel follows Herbjörg María Björnsson, an eighty-year-old Icelander living in a converted garage who, suffering from COPD and with daily assistance, reviews her life while browsing the internet: nine men, three children and a hand grenade. Between humor and satire, she settles accounts with her past.
Work originally published in Icelandic as «Konan við 1000°» in 2011; this German edition is from 2013. It was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize and the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
For readers of contemporary Icelandic literature who appreciate social satire and humor as a lens for viewing the history of Europe.
Hallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic painter, novelist, translator, and columnist.
