{"id":21550,"title":"Sjóveikur í München","dimensions":"","date_begin":"2015-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"artist's novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":7,"permalink":"sjoveikur-i-munchen","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/047/895/medium_500/Sjoveikur_i_Munchen-800x1222.jpg?1566491846","cached_actor_names":"Hallgrímur Helgason","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"category":{"en":"Artist Novel","nl":"Artist Novel","fr":"Artist Novel"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/047/895/large/Sjoveikur_i_Munchen-800x1222.jpg?1566491846","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHelgason\u0026rsquo;s first and only autobiographical novel, \u003cem\u003eSj\u0026oacute;veikur \u0026iacute; M\u0026uuml;nchen\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(\u003cem\u003eSeasick in Munich\u003c/em\u003e), describes one winter in the life of the author, when he studied art at the famous\u0026nbsp;Art Academy in Munich\u0026nbsp;in 1981\u0026ndash;82. \u0026ldquo;The most difficult winter in my life,\u0026rdquo; according to the author. It\u0026rsquo;s a classic Bildungsroman but with a fantastical twist that nods both to\u0026nbsp;Hamsun\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Kafka\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eA Hunger Artist\u003c/em\u003e. It\u0026rsquo;s the story of Young Man, a shy 21-year old from a provincial and isolated country, who for the first time in his life is made to live on his own, in a big European city. Shy, non-German speaking, and not fitting in with the latest trends at the Academy, he has a hard time adopting to the difficult Bavarian capital. He hasn\u0026rsquo;t even had a beer yet, since\u0026nbsp;beer was banned in Iceland\u0026nbsp;until 1989.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nVery much an artist\u0026rsquo;s novel, it describes the soul-searching process of the Young Man, his quest for finding himself, and his wrestling with the giants of the past, like\u0026nbsp;Halld\u0026oacute;r Laxness,\u0026nbsp;Gustave Flaubert\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Edvard Munch, but mostly\u0026nbsp;Marcel Duchamp\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Large Glass\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://hallgrimurhelgason.com/portfolio-items/seasick-in-munich/\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2456,"name":"Hallgrímur Helgason","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}