The Woman at 1,000 Degrees - Hallgrimur Helgason

 'Incredibly funny, incredibly insightful and incredibly moving' Fiona Mozley, author of Hot StewA darkly comic and explosive tale of a world at war and one island girl's struggle to surviveEighty-year old Herra Björnsson lies alone in her garage waiting to die. Oh, she has two weeks left, maybe three - she has booked her cremation appointment, at a blistering 1,000 degrees, so it won't be long. But until then she has her cigarettes, her laptop, a World War II grenade, and her memories to sustain... Zobrazit více