{"product_id":"the-strongest-woman-in-the-world-paperback","title":"The Strongest Woman in the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteinunn Helgadóttir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLarissa Kyzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe has the strength to move the world--but chooses to hold it still.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiblings Eiður and Gunnhildur grow up in a household balanced uneasily between emotional volatility and unspoken grief--a home where their parents are never happy at the same time. When tragedy fractures the family, the siblings are separated, their lives diverging in unexpected and quietly extraordinary ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEiður turns to activism, seeking order and justice in a world that rarely offers either. Traveling to Lesbos to lead a group of rebel activists aiding the refugee crisis, he fears that he lacks the passion and empathy necessary to enact true social change. Gunnhildur, who hides a physical strength most would find unimaginable, becomes a funereal beautician, renowned for her ability to lend peace and dignity to the dead. In her meticulous care for the bodies of others, she finds a way to hold the world still, if only briefly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two threads--Gunnhildur's superhero-like strength and Eiður's activism--come together at a jail, where Gunnhildur attempts to prove that she really is the strongest woman in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteinunn G. Helgadóttir \u003c\/strong\u003e(b.1952) is a visual artist and well-known Icelandic poet and prose writer. She received The Icelandic Women's Literature Prize 2016 for her novel \u003cem\u003eVoices From the Radio Operator's House\u003c\/em\u003e. Helgadottir's work has been exhibited at solo and group art exhibitions around the world. She has also curated numerous art exhibitions in several museums and galleries in Iceland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarissa Kyzer\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and Icelandic literary translator. Her translation of Kristín Eiríksdóttir's \u003cem\u003eA Fist or a Heart\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the American Scandinavian Foundation's 2019 translation prize. The same year, she was one of Princeton University's Translators in Residence. Read LessIn 2020, Larissa cofounded Eth \u0026amp; Thorn, a chapbook press dedicated to Icelandic poetry and short fiction in translation. Larissa is co-chair of PEN America's Translation Committee and runs the virtual Women+ in Translation reading series Jill!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52204385272103,"sku":"9781960385567","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/2079\/7223\/files\/1At10JxRMx9781960385567.webp?v=1790812359","url":"https:\/\/theluminousbookshop.com\/es\/products\/the-strongest-woman-in-the-world-paperback","provider":"The Luminous Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}