Lit in Translation

Elísabet Kristín Jökulsdóttir

Born 1958 · Iceland

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    Icelandic Literary Prize 2020 · Winner

    Aprílsólarkuldi

    Title translated by AI:“April Sun Cold”

    Elísabet Kristín Jökulsdóttir · 62 when first published

    Novel · 143 pages · Love, Family

    AI-generated summary:In late-1970s Reykjavík, Védís, a schoolgirl and single mother, loses her father, falls unexpectedly in love and slides towards mental illness as words begin to fail her.