Lit in Translation

Sextíu kíló af kjaftshöggum

“Sixty Kilos of Punches” (title translated by AI)

Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959)

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The second part of the herring saga opens in Segulfjörður in 1906, as the villagers keep moving from dark turf passages into rooms lit by electricity and dance to the rhythm of the salting platforms.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
544 pages in the original
Genres
Historical (assigned by AI)
Set in
Iceland, 1906
Series
Sextíu kílóa saga, book 2 · book 1: Sextíu kíló af sólskini
First published
2021 by JPV
Author's age
62 when first published
ISBN

9789935292339 (original)