‘Miss Iceland’ Is A Subdued, Powerful Portrait Of A Suppressed Society

Miss Iceland, by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir’s atmospheric novel, about a young writer and her outcast friends in 1963 Iceland, will transport you to another time and place, though not necessarily a rosier time and place.

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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir’s atmospheric novel, about a young writer and her outcast friends in 1963 Iceland, will transport you to another time and place, though not necessarily a rosier time and place.