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Elín,makes props for theater&films,is “mother to no one”& has no family. She lives in an old house she remodeled,with a tenant,yet I‘m not sure if the tenant is real or imagined. Especially towards the end reality,memory& imagination seem to blur. On her latest job she works on a play written by Ellen, the illegitimate daughter of a famous Finnish author. The girl is as lonely as Elín& she starts stalking her. There‘s something that

Two finds at Half Price today! I was surprised to snag the tagged book. I had really wanted to find Johnson‘s “At the Mouth of the River Bees”, but hopefully another time.

Two lonely & traumatized women in Iceland, one quite old and the other very young, whose lives become entwined. I was drawn in by the writing from the first page and continued feverishly reading in search of answers. This short novel is the author's first work translated into English, and won the Icelandic Literary Prize in 2017. Although some answers are given, not recommended for those who prefer plot driven stories & reliable narrators. 4*