Bøger af Sigrun Palsdottir

A young academic goes to ever greater lengths to keep a secret that sits at the heart of her work, and in doing so begins to lose her grip on her thesis, her life and then her sanity. What follows is a remarkable exploration of intellectual integrity and denial, and a gripping portrait of academic ambition.

"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 himcatalogue Icelandic archaeological artifacts. But Sigurlina has her own ambitions of education and excitement and after a harrowing experience, 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 artifact is unveiled at The Metropolitan Museum of New York. Meanwhile, officials in Iceland launch their own ivestigation into the theft of the artifact."--Provided by publisher.

While studying a seventeenth-century diary, the protagonist of Little Dark Room uncovers information about the first documented professional female artist. This discovery promises to change her academic career, and life in general . . . until she realizes that her "e;discovery"e; was nothing more than two pages stuck together. At this point there's no going back though, and she goes to great lengths to hide her mistakeundermining her sanity in the process. A shifty, satirical novel that's funny and colorful, while also raising essential questions about truth, research, and the very nature of belief.