'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan SontagA naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith. The church is boarded up and the errant pastor lives with a woman who is not his wife. He has also allowed a corpse to be lodged in the glacier. So the rumours go.What he discovers is a community that regards itself as the centre of the world - earthly yet otherworldly, banal yet astonishing. Brimming with humour, mystery, and the supernatural this is a surprising and moving novel from the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN SONTAG
ISBN: | 9781784877613 |
Publisher: | Random House |
Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
Published date: | 10 Feb 2022 |
DEWEY: | 839.6934 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 256 |
Weight: | 220g |
Height: | 129mm |
Width: | 197mm |
Spine width: | 24mm |