Description
'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan Sontag
A 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
Book Details
Format: |
Paperback |
Number of Pages: |
272 |
ISBN: |
9781784877613 |
Published: |
10 Feb 2022 |
Dimensions: |
129 x 197 x 24 (mm) |
Language: |
English |