Heaven and Hell
$22.50
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2011
Summary
In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Bar ur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Bar ur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in ‘Paradise Lost’, succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen’s callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner.
The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little con…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849164061 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849164061 |
| Author: | Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Philip Roughton, Roughton, Phil |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 162g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 133mm x 15mm |
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‘A glinting treasure’ Der Spiegel. * Der Spiegel *‘An outstanding narrative … like a long breath from the depths of the sea’ Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde. * Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde *‘The author has a lyrical, poetic style … the action unfolds vividly and dramatically, and the reader feels part of the scene. The combination creates an unusually intense reading experience’ Alannah Hopkinson, Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *
About The Author
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Jón Kalman Stefánsson was born in Reykjavik in 1963. His novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature (2001, 2004, 2007) and his novel Summer Light, and then Comes the Night received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005.
Phil Roughton is the translator of, among others, the works of Halldór Laxness and The Islander, a biography of Laxness by Halldór Gudmundsson. He lives and works in Reykjavik.
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