PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Thora Hjörleifsdóttir has published three poetry collections with her poetry collective, Imposter Poets. She lives in Reykjavik. Magma is her first novel. Meg Matich earned her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University's Creative Writing program. She's received support for her literary translation work from DAAD, the Icelandic Literature Centre (through publishers), PEN, and the Fulbright Commission. She has translated poetry into English and Icelandic for UNESCO, as a representative of Reykjavik UNESCO in Lviv, Ukraine.
A compulsive, propulsive debut about a young woman's exploration of love and sex . . . Thora Hjorleifsdottir's narrator pulls us into the tale of her near undoing and her struggle to find her own value. -- Lily King, author of <i>Writers & Lovers</i> A luminous and poetic novel . . . How to describe the slow escalation by which possession becomes control, and power abuse? [Hjoerleifsdottir] has created a whole new landscape for storytelling. -- John Freeman, author of <i>How to Read a Novelist</i> A novel that speaks directly to its present age . . . An incredibly compelling book * Iceland National Radio * Bulleted, candid, first-person prose that parallels the quickness in which women's lives can become less their own. * Lit Hub *
