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Comparisons do not do justice to the complexity of Stefansson''s book, nor the uniqueness of his prose DANIEL MASON, author of North Woods

Stefánsson shares the elemental grandeur of Cormac McCarthy EILEEN BATTERSBY, TLS

A rich depiction of life, love and loss . . . Stefánsson is a writer of great scope and imagination RONAN HESSION, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul

Stefánsson''s prose rolls and surges with oceanic splendour BOYD TONKIN, Spectator

A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland''s most celebrated novelists.

A man comes to awareness in a church in rural Iceland, not knowing why he''s there or how he arrived. When a local woman offers to reunite him with her sister, he realises he''s lost not only his bearings, but his memory as well: he doesn''t recognise either woman, and as their stories unfold, he is p

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      Publisher: Quercus Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/14/2024
      ISBN13: 9781529418781, 978-1529418781
      ISBN10: 152941878X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Comparisons do not do justice to the complexity of Stefansson''s book, nor the uniqueness of his prose DANIEL MASON, author of North Woods

      Stefánsson shares the elemental grandeur of Cormac McCarthy EILEEN BATTERSBY, TLS

      A rich depiction of life, love and loss . . .       Stefánsson is a writer of great scope and imagination RONAN HESSION, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul

      Stefánsson''s prose rolls and surges with oceanic splendour BOYD TONKIN, Spectator

      A spellbinding saga about the inhabitants and inheritors of one rural community, by one of Iceland''s most celebrated novelists.

      A man comes to awareness in a church in rural Iceland, not knowing why he''s there or how he arrived. When a local woman offers to reunite him with her sister, he realises he''s lost not only his bearings, but his memory as well: he doesn''t recognise either woman, and as their stories unfold, he is p

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