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Beatles songs, a lost mother, and a yellow submarine shape a life.
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Summary

“Stefansson is a writer of great scope and imagination” - Ronan Hession, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul

A middle-aged man on a bench in a London park sees Paul McCartney sitting nearby. Resolving to approach him, he gathers his thoughts and takes up the thread of his memories, marked by the Beatles’ repertoire.

A mother plays “Yellow Submarine” on the harmonica to her seven-year-old son. She dies and leaves a void. A few months later, the Beatles split up. Another …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529439380
ISBN-10:1529439388
Author:Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Philip Roughton
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:MacLehose Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:5 January 2027
Dimensions:153mm x 234mm
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Critics Review

Stefánsson’s mastery is at its peak here * Livres Hebdo *
Jón Kalman Stefánsson, the doyen of Icelandic literature, presents a brilliant coming-of-age novel about the birth of imagination * Neue Zürcher Zeitung *

About The Author

Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Jón Kalman Stefánsson’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. 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
  • The Heart of Man

He is also known for Fish Have No Feet.

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