- Icelandic Literary Prize 2009 · Shortlist
The Good Lover
Góði elskhuginn
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950)
Translated by Victoria Cribb
English editions
In EnglishThe Good Lover
World Editions · United Kingdom · 2016 · 191 pages
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On a cold winter night an Icelander who left the country long ago finds himself outside the home of his first love on Seltjarnarnes; they had seven months together seventeen years ago and have not met since.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 200 pages in the original
- Genres
- Love (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Iceland
- First published
- 2009 by Bjartur
- Author's age
- 59 when first published
- ISBN
9789979657798 (original)
9789462380134 (World Editions, United Kingdom)