Konan Við 1000°
''Konan við 1000°: Herbjörg María Björnsson segir frá'' ('The Woman at 1000°: As Told by Herbjörg María Björnsson') is a historical novel by Hallgrímur Helgason, published in Reykjavík in 2011 by JPV. Summary Helgason's main character, Herra, is an eighty-year-old bedridden woman, living alone in a garage along with her laptop and an old German hand grenade from World War II. She has decided to die before Christmas, and has opted for a cremation (thus the thousand degrees). She even makes an appointment for herself at the local crematorium, and while she awaits her death, she recounts her turbulent life, that took her from her remote Icelandic childhood fjord over to Copenhagen before the war, then on to Germany of the war, back to Iceland, then to Argentina, and around the world. Though based on a real life, the book is a clear work of fiction. Helgason uses fictional freedom to tell an incredible story, but builds his work around historical facts and uses the presi ...
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