- Icelandic Literary Prize 2018 · Winner
Sextíu kíló af sólskini
“Sixty Kilos of Sunshine” (title translated by AI)
Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959)
English editions
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Saved by a miracle as a small boy, Gestur faces the few fates a turf-house society can offer: pet of the Fagureyri merchant, drudge aboard a foreign fishing vessel, or a parish orphan lodged with poor crofters in Segulfjörður. Then the herring shoals arrive. Norwegians settle on the fjord, cash reaches the poorest households for once, and modern life lands in northern Iceland around 1900.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 461 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iceland, early 20th century
- Series
- Sextíu kílóa saga, book 1 · book 2: Sextíu kíló af kjaftshöggum
- First published
- 2018 by JPV
- Author's age
- 59 when first published
- ISBN
9789935119049 (original)