Мисс Исландия

Iceland, 1963. Young Hekla gets on a bus to Reykjavik. She leaves her parents' home to start a life as a writer. With her are her manuscripts and Joyce's "Ulysses." It's time for her to follow her destiny. She will still be able to astonish the conservative male world, which sees in her only "Miss Iceland." She will learn what love and friendship are, loneliness and connection. She will gain the talent to hear words and gift them.
Audur Ava Olafsdottir has the art of speaking about the most important issues of human existence vividly and powerfully. Her novel is like a volcanic eruption, which witnesses cannot help but ponder the creation of the Universe when witnessing it.