{"product_id":"history-a-mess-9781940953984","title":"History. a Mess.","description":"While studying a seventeenth-century diary, the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eHistory. A Mess.\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \"discovery\" 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 mistake--undermining 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrún Pálsdóttir\u003c\/b\u003e completed a PhD in the History of Ideas at the University Oxford in 2001, after which she was a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Iceland. She worked as the editor of \u003ci\u003eSaga\u003c\/i\u003e, the principal peer-reviewed journal for Icelandic history, from 2008 to 2016. Her previous titles include the historical biography \u003ci\u003eThora. A Bishop's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUncertain Seas\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of a young couple and their three children who were killed when sailing from New York to Iceland aboard a ship torpedoed by a German submarine in 1944. Sigrún's work has been nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize, Icelandic Women's Literature Prize, HagÞenkir Non-fiction Prize, and the DV Culture Prize. \u003ci\u003eUncertain Seas\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen the best biography in 2013 by booksellers in Iceland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLytton Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, professor, and translator from the Icelandic. His most recent translations include works by Kristín Ómarsdóttir, Jón Gnarr, Ófeigur Sigurðsson, Bragi Ólafsson, and Guðbergur Bergsson. His most recent poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe All-Purpose Magical Tent\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Nightboat. Having earned his MFA and PhD from Columbia University, he currently teaches at SUNY Geneseo.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50446814740754,"sku":"9781940953984","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd8cb662-8422-48ec-9cb4-1db0a3c4cd6e.jpg?v=1729710830","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/history-a-mess-9781940953984","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}