Hlynur Bjorn sleeps in.
He lives in Reykjav k..
His latest novel, The Author of Iceland, won the 2001 Icelandic Literature Prize. 101 Reykjav k, recently adapted for film, is his first novel to be translated into English.
His visual art has been exhibited in Reykjav k, New York, and Paris.
About the Author: Hallgr mur Helgason has published four novels and a collection of poetry in his native Iceland. 101 Reykjav k is a spectacularly inventive, darkly comic tale of depraved and inspired humanity.
Against the backdrop of Reykjav k\'s storied nightlife and amid the swelling global presence of Icelandic culture, Helgason portrays with brutal honesty and humor a young man who takes uselessness to new extremes, and for whom redemption may not be an option.
He\'s a quick-witted and articulate young man, and there\'s nothing wrong with him -- other than a total lack of ambition, an off-kilter sense of morality, and a nagging set of existential woes.
Well beyond slackerdom, he lives at home with his mother and depends on social welfare.
Hlynur is a true product of our postmodern global culture.
Icelandic novelist Hallgr mur Helgason inhabits his antihero\'s mind with marvelous acuity, subversive wit, and devilish charm.
And just when you believe he couldn\'t twist up his life any further, Hlynur finds a way.
Hlynur withdraws and becomes obsessed with his mother\'s best friend, only to discover, after he\'s shagged her, that she\'s his mother\'s lesbian lover.
He\'d blithely remain in this cycle forever, but when his part-time girlfriend reveals she\'s pregnant, his way of life is threatened.
And at night, he hits the K-bar for a few drinks, maybe a tab of E, and perhaps a bit of sex before another crash.
He tests the efficacy of various pornography.
He surfs the Web.
Hlynur Bjorn sleeps in
