- Icelandic Literary Prize 2022 · Shortlist
Hamingja þessa heims
“The Happiness of This World” (title translated by AI)
Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir (born 1974)
English editions
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A historian sent into exile over accusations of misconduct towards female colleagues finds a lost manuscript. Its author, an old man writing in a cowshed in 1479, served Ólöf Loftsdóttir, Iceland's most powerful woman, as secretary, court poet and soldier. Their fifteenth century, when Iceland was caught up in European politics and trade, is full of knights, pirates, bishops and formidable women, while the historian grapples with present-day questions of gender, power and cancel culture.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 460 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iceland, 15th century
- First published
- 2022 by Benedikt
- Author's age
- 48 when first published
- ISBN
9789935321008 (original)