Heiða : a shepherd at the edge of the world
Heida is a solitary farmer with a flock of 500 sheep in a remorseless area bordering Iceland's highlands. It's known as the End of the World. One of her nearest neighbours is Iceland's most notorious volcano, Katla, which has periodically driven away the inhabitants of Ljotarstadir ever since people first started farming there in the twelfth century. This portrait of Heida written with wit and humour by one of Iceland's most acclaimed novelists, Steinunn Sigurdardottir, tells a heroic tale of a charismatic young woman, who at twenty-three walked away from a career as a model in New York to take over the family farm when her father died. Divided into four seasons, "Heida" tells the story of a remarkable year, interwoven with vivid stories of her animals and farm work and paints a unforgettable portrait of a remote life close to nature.
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Heiða Guðný Ásgeirsdóttir, 1978- Women farmers > Iceland > Biography. Women shepherds > Iceland > Biography. Iceland > Biography. |
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x, 308 pages ; 22 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.
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General Note: | First published in Iceland in 2016. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Icelandic. |
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