Heaven and Hell
$36.58
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2011
Summary
“The first of an extraordinary trilogy” - Daniel Mason, author of *North Woods*
In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barour join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barour, 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…
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: | 15mm x 133mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
‘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 *
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Jon Kalman Stefansson’s novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature. His novel Summer Light, and then Comes the Night received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005, and in 2011 he was awarded the prestigious P.O. Enquist Award.
He is perhaps best known for his trilogy:
- Heaven and Hell
- The Sorrow of Angels (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize)
- The Heart of Man (winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize)
He is also the author of Fish Have No Feet (longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017).
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