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Two Hours. Memoirs of Hólmfríður Hjaltason. Compiled by Elínborg Lárusdóttir.
A human life span is very short compared to a nation's life span. And yet it is almost incredible how dramatically the lives of the Icelandic people have changed in that period, the last 60-70 years. Therefore, the memoirs of learned and wise men and women are a wonderful mirror and instructive in that regard.
These autobiographies of Hólmfríð, the widow of Guðmundur Hjaltason, the nationally renowned educator and scholar, provide a very wide and varied - and in many ways rare - insight into the life and living conditions of ordinary people in Skagafjörður and elsewhere in North Iceland during Hólmfríð's childhood and youth. Young people of today "who have lived in abject poverty" will find her story strange and at times downright unbelievable. (Cover text).
A human life span is very short compared to a nation's life span. And yet it is almost incredible how dramatically the lives of the Icelandic people have changed in that period, the last 60-70 years. Therefore, the memoirs of learned and wise men and women are a wonderful mirror and instructive in that regard.
These autobiographies of Hólmfríð, the widow of Guðmundur Hjaltason, the nationally renowned educator and scholar, provide a very wide and varied - and in many ways rare - insight into the life and living conditions of ordinary people in Skagafjörður and elsewhere in North Iceland during Hólmfríð's childhood and youth. Young people of today "who have lived in abject poverty" will find her story strange and at times downright unbelievable. (Cover text).