Þvílíkar ófreskjur Gender studies The first novel by Sigrún

The first novel by Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir is based on true events and tells the story of poor girl Sóley growing up in a small fjord in Iceland

ISBN 9789979893424

ISBN 9789979105688

There is light and there is dark

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Þvílíkar ófreskjur Gender studies The first novel by Sigrúnvlkar freskjur! (What monsters!), the title of this book by Auur Aalsteinsdttir, professor at the humanities department of the University of Iceland, refers to one of the first literary criticisms to appear in Icelandic newspapers. Written by romantic poet Jnas Hallgrmsson it was his description of the Icelandic rhyme tradition that he felt had truly seen better days, it might just have set the tone for literary critics that followed. ISBN