Stjórnlaus Lukka

by Auður Jónsdóttir

Tæp tólf ár eru liðin frá því Didda fluttist með mömmu sinni í lítið sjávarþorp úti á landi. Nú á hún sér fast pláss á flæðilínunni í frystihúsinu, og þær mæðgur eru orðnar hluti af sérstæðu mannlífi smábæjarins þar sem Valdi popp, Júlla jú jú, Gudda ameríska og Sveinn spariskór ganga um götur. En þar er líka Radek hinn tékkneski með brúðurnar sínar sem hleypir lífi í dagdrauma hennar um annað líf á öðrum stað. Í þessari skemmtilegu skáldsögu lýsir Auður Jónsdóttir mótunarárum ungrar stúlku í kunnuglegu umhverfi sem fáir þekkja þó af eigin raun. Af hlýju og nærfærni dregur hún upp minnistæðar myndir af fólki, sigrum þess og sorgum, gleði og andstreymi, þar sem viðkvæmt samband mæðgna er í forgrunni. Stjórnlaus lukka var fyrsta skáldsaga Auðar Jónsdóttur og er nú loksins fáanleg að nýju.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Auður Jónsdóttir was born on March 30, 1973. She is a writer and freelance journalist and has published articles, essays and interviews in various journals and newspapers.

Her first published work of fiction is the short story "Gifting" (Marriage), published in the literary magazine Andblær in 1997. Other short stories have appeared in magazines and collections since then. Auður's first novel, Stjórnlaus lukka (Uncontrollable Luck, 1998), was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in the same year. Since then, she has published other novels as well as books for children and teenagers, among them a book about her grandfather, Halldór Laxness. Her novel Fólkið í kjallaranum (The People in the Basement), received the Icelandic Literature Prize in 2004 and the novel, Tryggðarpantur (Deposit), was nominated to the same award in 2006. Auður's latest novel is Vetrarsól (Winter-Sun) from 2008. She is now working on a play, as she was chosen Reykjavík City Theatre's Playwrite-in-Residence for 2009.

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