The past returns with a fury for a woman coming to terms with her life in this awardwinning novel by an acclaimed Icelandic author making her Englishlanguage debut.Eln Jnsdttir lives an isolated existence in Reykjavk, Iceland, making props and prosthetics for theatrical productions and Nordic crime flicks. In her early seventies, she has recently become fascinated with another loner, Ellen lfsdttir, a sensitive young playwright and illegitimate daughter of a famous writer. The girl has aroused maternal feelings in Eln, but she has also stirred discomfiting memories long packed away. Because their paths have crossed before. One doesnt remember. The other is about to forget.Soon theyll discover all they have in common difficult childhoods, trauma, and being outliers who have found space to breathe in creative expression. Yet the more Eln tries to connect with the young woman and unbox painful memories, the more tenuous her grasp on reality becomes.Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize, A Fist or a Heart is a gripping, artfully interwoven novel of power, secrets, and isolation by one of the most bracing and original voices of the authors generation.

Binding: Paperback;202 pages; Publisher: Amazon Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 384 g; Dimensions: 140 x 209 x 18

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