Woman at 1,000 degrees
(Book - Regular Print)
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
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391 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"A spirited eighty-year-old Icelandic woman reflects on her life as she lies alone in a garage in Reykjavik, waiting to die"--,Provided by publisher.
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"'I live here alone in a garage, together with a laptop computer and an old hand grenade. It's pretty cozy.' Herra Björnsson is at the beginning of the end of her life. Oh, she has two weeks left, maybe three--she has booked her cremation appointment, at a crispy 1,000 degrees, so it won't be long. But until then she has her cigarettes, a World War II-era weapon, some Facebook friends, and her memories to sustain her. And what a life this remarkable eighty-year-old narrator has led. ... From Herra's childhood in the remote islands of Iceland, where she was born the granddaughter of Iceland's first president, to teen years spent living by her wits alone in war-torn Europe while her father fought on the side of the Nazis, to love affairs on several continents, Herra Björnsson moved Zelig-like through the major events and locales of the twentieth century. She wed and lost husbands, had children, fled a war, kissed a Beatle, weathered the Icelandic financial crash, and mastered the Internet. She has experienced luck and betrayal and upheaval and pain, and--with a bawdy, uncompromising spirit--she has survived it all. Now, as she awaits death in a garage in Reykjavík, she shows us a woman unbowed by the forces of history. Each part of Herra's story is a poignant piece of a puzzle that comes together in the final pages of this remarkable, unpredictable, and enthralling novel."--Jacket.
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In English.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hallgrímur Helgason., & FitzGibbon, B. (. (2018). Woman at 1,000 degrees (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hallgrímur Helgason, 1959- and Brian (Translator), FitzGibbon. 2018. Woman At 1,000 Degrees. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hallgrímur Helgason, 1959- and Brian (Translator), FitzGibbon. Woman At 1,000 Degrees Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hallgrímur Helgason, and Brian (Translator) FitzGibbon. Woman At 1,000 Degrees First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
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