Steinunn Sigurðardottir: Heida | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781473696488 | Heida | A Shepherd at the Edge of the World | Steinunn Sigurdardottir

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Beschreibung

"I'm not on my own because I've been sitting crying into a handkerchief or apron over a lack of interested men. I've been made every offer imaginable over the years. Men offer themselves, their sons . . . drunk fathers sometimes call me up and say things like: 'Do you need a farmhand?' 'I can lift the hay bales' 'I can repair your tractors'. . ."

Heida is a solitary farmer with a flock of 500 sheep in a remorseless area bordering Iceland's highlands. It's known as the End of the World. One of her nearest neighbors is Iceland's most notorious volcano, Katla, which has periodically driven away the inhabitants of Ljótarstaoir ever since people first started farming there in the twelfth century.

This portrait of Heida written with wit and humor by one of Iceland's most acclaimed novelists, Steinunn Siguroardóttir, tells a heroic tale of a charismatic young woman, who walked away from a career as a model to take over the family farm at the age of 23.

Divided into four seasons, Heida tells the story of a remarkable year, when Heida reluctantly went into politics to fight plans to raise a hydro-electric power station on her land. This book paints a unforgettable portrait of a remote life close to nature.

Über den Autor

Steinunn Sigurgardóttir is one of Iceland's most highly acclaimed novelists and poets. Her first book The Thief of Time was an international bestseller and was made into a film starring Emmanuelle Beart. Three of her other novels - Place of the Heart, Yo-Yo and The Good Lover - have also been translated into English.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Biographien , Importe
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	336 S.
ISBN-13:	9781473696488
ISBN-10:	1473696488
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	687765
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Sigurðardottir, Steinunn
Übersetzung:	Roughton, Philip
Hersteller:	John Murray Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	198 x 132 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Steinunn Sigurðardottir
Erscheinungsdatum:	05.03.2020
Gewicht:	0,23 kg