Synopsis
‘A compulsive and propulsive debut’ - Lily King
‘A luminous and poetic novel . . . [Hjörleifsdóttir] has created a whole new landscape for storytelling’ - John Freeman
Twenty-year-old Lilja is in love.
He is older and beautiful, a Derrida-quoting intellectual.
He is also a serial cheater, gaslighter and narcissist.
Lilja will do anything to hold on to him.
And so she accepts his deceptions and...
Details
08 July 2021123 minutes
Genevieve Gaunt
9781529045574Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Magma is profane, funny, and uncomfortably honest about what happens when we substitute someone’s image of us for self-knowledge.Brandon Taylor, Vulture
A compulsive, propulsive debut about a young woman’s exploration of love and sex . . . Thora Hjörleifsdóttir’s narrator pulls us into the tale of her near undoing and her struggle to find her own value.Lily King, author of Writers & Lovers
A luminous and poetic novel . . . How to describe the slow escalation by which possession becomes control, and power abuse? [Hjörleifsdóttir] has created a whole new landscape for storytelling.John Freeman, author of How to Read a Novelist
A novel that speaks directly to its present age . . . An incredibly compelling bookIceland National Radio
