Join us for a book talk on March 1 with Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir, translator Meg Matich, director Tinna Hrafnsdóttir and moderator Esther Allen on the new novel Quake, out on February 8 from Dottir Press! This event will take place at Scandinavia House at 7:30 PM ET and will also be live-streamed to virtual audiences. Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about Saga, a woman who comes to after an epileptic seizure on a sidewalk along busy Miklabraut Street. Her three-year-old son is gone. The last thing she remembers is a double-decker bus that no one else can confirm seeing. Over the following days, Saga’s mind is beset by memories and doubts. What happened before her seizure? Who can she trust? And how can she make any sense of her emotions when her memory is so fragmented?
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