From the Mouth of the Whale
by Sjon
Softcover
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WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
'A terrific read...an extraordinarily accomplished novel' Independent
'Kaleidoscopic and mesmerising, comic and poignant' TLS
In this magical evocation of a vanished age, a poet and self-taught healer is banished in 1635 to a barren island off Iceland - a place darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty.
With only a purple sandpiper for company, Jónas Pálmason retraces his path to exile, recalling his exorcism of a walking corpse, the massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the deaths of three of his children.
But amid the cacophony of Copenhagen he will find hope and, finally, recognition of his enlightened ideas.
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
'A terrific read...an extraordinarily accomplished novel' Independent
'Kaleidoscopic and mesmerising, comic and poignant' TLS
In this magical evocation of a vanished age, a poet and self-taught healer is banished in 1635 to a barren island off Iceland - a place darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty.
With only a purple sandpiper for company, Jónas Pálmason retraces his path to exile, recalling his exorcism of a walking corpse, the massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the deaths of three of his children.
But amid the cacophony of Copenhagen he will find hope and, finally, recognition of his enlightened ideas.
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Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Contemporary
Format
Softcover
Pages
272
Price
14.00 €
Description
WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
'A terrific read...an extraordinarily accomplished novel' Independent
'Kaleidoscopic and mesmerising, comic and poignant' TLS
In this magical evocation of a vanished age, a poet and self-taught healer is banished in 1635 to a barren island off Iceland - a place darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty.
With only a purple sandpiper for company, Jónas Pálmason retraces his path to exile, recalling his exorcism of a walking corpse, the massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the deaths of three of his children.
But amid the cacophony of Copenhagen he will find hope and, finally, recognition of his enlightened ideas.
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
'A terrific read...an extraordinarily accomplished novel' Independent
'Kaleidoscopic and mesmerising, comic and poignant' TLS
In this magical evocation of a vanished age, a poet and self-taught healer is banished in 1635 to a barren island off Iceland - a place darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty.
With only a purple sandpiper for company, Jónas Pálmason retraces his path to exile, recalling his exorcism of a walking corpse, the massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the deaths of three of his children.
But amid the cacophony of Copenhagen he will find hope and, finally, recognition of his enlightened ideas.
Book Information
Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Contemporary
Format
Softcover
Pages
272
Price
14.00 €