Embroidery

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By Sigrn Plsdttir

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Embroidery, by Sigrn Plsdttir, delves into the tangled lives of its characters amidst societal expectations and personal desires. Set against the backdrop of intricate personal relationships, the narrative explores themes of identity and the threads that bind people's experiences together. This general fiction piece weaves a tale that is both intimate and universally relatable.
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Embroidery

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How do you turn old gold into priceless treasure?

At the turn of the twentieth century, Sigurlina finds herself in a hopeless situation. She is the motherless daughter of an eccentric father, who expects her to spend her life helping him catalogue Icelandic archaeological artefacts. But Sigurlina has her own ambitions of education and excitement, and after a harrowing experience, she takes fate into her own hands.

She disappears from Reykjavik, along with a historical relic from her father's collection. Through a series of incredible events, the artefact is unveiled at The Metropolitan Museum of New York. Meanwhile, officials in Iceland launch their own investigation into the theft of the artefact.

Embroidery is a tragicomic tale about the preservation of cultural treasure, offering an intriguing perspective on the coincidences that have determined their place in history. It is a thrilling and winding story of the human fates that underpin it all.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781948830768

Publisher: Open Letter

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Open Letter

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Lytton Smith

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 150

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Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Sigrn Plsdttir

About the Author

Sigrn Plsdttir completed a PhD in the History of Ideas at the University Oxford in 2001, after which she was a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Iceland. She worked as the editor ofSaga, the principal peer-reviewed journal for Icelandic history, from 2008 to 2016. Her previous titles include the historical biographyThora. A Bishop's DaughterandUncertain Seas, a story of a young couple and their three children who were killed when sailing from New York to Iceland aboard a ship torpedoed by a German submarine in 1944. Sigrn's work has been nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Icelandic Women's Literature Prize, Hagenkir Non-fiction Prize, and the DV Culture Prize.Uncertain Seaswas chosen the best biography in 2013 by booksellers in Iceland.

Lytton Smithis a poet, professor, and translator from the Icelandic. His most recent translations include works by Kristn marsdttir, Jn Gnarr, feigur Sigursson, Bragi lafsson, and Gubergur Bergsson. His most recent poetry collection,The All-Purpose Magical Tent, was published by Nightboat. Having earned his MFA and PhD from Columbia University, he currently teaches at SUNY Geneseo.