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01940aam a2200277Ma 4500 001 A5F540183DE011E299E05AAC6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121204010235 008 110630s2011 enk 000 j eng d 020 $a 1905583362 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781905583362 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)751833630 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $d SILO $d UTO $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d UNL $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ice 050 4 $a PT7511.A412 $b T85 2011 082 04 $a 839.6935 $2 22 100 0 $a AÌguÌst BorgþoÌr Sverrisson. 245 1 $a Twice in a lifetime / $c by AÌguÌst BorgþoÌr Sverrisson ; translated by MariÌa Helga GuðmundsdoÌttir & Anna Benassi, second story tranlated by Vera JuÌliusdoÌttir. 260 $a Manchester : $b Comma, $c 2011. 300 $a v, 129 p. ; $c 20 cm. 546 $a Translated from the Icelandic. 520 $a "Each of Sverrisson's stories offers an intricate study in the precariousness of life, the frailty of every fleeting opportunity. Characters are scarred by simple, careless actions. Lives turn on the smallest events: a child steals cash from his father for a pretend-money game and unwittingly throws his brother's entire life off balance; a man has a one-night stand with a married woman and only realises the consequences years later; an overbearing girlfriend sends her cynical boyfriend a letter that stops him in his tracks. Yet amid the anonymity of urban life, the random accidents and mistaken identities that make up Sverrisson's stories, there can also be found an abiding faith in the unexpected gifts that chance throws up: synchronicities, coincidences, moments in time seen from new perspectives that offer fresh secrets, and, occasionally, even a second chance"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Short stories, Icelandic $v Translations into English. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171230052552.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5F540183DE011E299E05AAC6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search