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Aftershocks
Aftershocks | Auour Jonsdottir
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Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Aftershocks 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? Hailed as Audur Jonsdottir's "best-written novel so far," Aftershocks is a shocking and revelatory exploration of the blurred lines between fact and fiction, reality and imagination, and where mother ends and child begins.
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Gleefulreader
Aftershocks | Auour Jonsdottir
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Another book in translation… this one centres on Saga - a woman who wakes from a grand mal seizure with chunks of memory missing for key events - such as why her and her husband are divorced. The book is an exploration of family dynamics and secrets, trauma and repression. Overall a good book, even when I couldn‘t always feel sympathy for Saga.

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vlwelser
Aftershocks | Auour Jonsdottir
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This is so good. I definitely recommend it. It caught my eye because I'm heading to Iceland on Thursday.

A woman has lost her memory after a seizure. And where is her son? It's very well written.

Chrissyreadit Hope you have a great trip! 2y
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vlwelser
Aftershocks | Auour Jonsdottir
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This afternoon's beach read inspired by @TheBookHippie and her women in translation post. Also I may be on the beach today, but next week I'm going to Iceland with my book squad so this caught my eye especially.

I actually can't find this book in the database with this title....

TheBookHippie Yay!!!! Enjoy!!! 2y
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