A fist or a heart / Kristín Eiríksdóttir ; translated by Larissa Kyzer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781978659360
- Physical Description: 4 sound discs (5 hours, 3 minutes) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 inches
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Grand Haven, Michigan : Brilliance Audio, ℗2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Performed by Janet Metzger. |
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Subject: | Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery > Fiction. Recluses > Fiction. Women dramatists > Fiction. Psychic trauma > Fiction. Compact discs. Reykjavík (Iceland) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Audiobooks. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | AUDIO FIC KRI (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100059404 | Fiction Audiobooks | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Brilliance Audio
The past returns with a fury for a woman coming to terms with her life in this award-winning novel by an acclaimed Icelandic author making her English-language debut.
ElÃn Jónsdóttir lives an isolated existence in ReykjavÃk, Iceland, making props and prosthetics for theatrical productions and Nordic crime flicks. In her early seventies, she has recently become fascinated with another loner, Ellen Ãlfsdóttir, a sensitive young playwright and illegitimate daughter of a famous writer. The girl has aroused maternal feelings in ElÃn, but she has also stirred discomfiting memories long packed away. Because their paths have crossed before. One doesnât remember. The other is about to forget.
Soon theyâll discover all they have in common: difficult childhoods, trauma, and being outliers who have found space to breathe in creative expression. Yet the more ElÃn tries to connect with the young woman and unbox painful memories, the more tenuous her grasp on reality becomes.
Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize, A Fist or a Heart is a gripping, artfully interwoven novel of power, secrets, and isolation by one of the most bracing and original voices of the authorâs generation.