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001 2013913388
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008 140609t20142010nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013913388
020 $a9781623651060 (hbk.)
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042 $apcc
043 $ae-ic---
050 00 $aPT7511.J53915$bH5613 2014
100 0 $aJón Kalman Stefánsson,$d1963-
240 10 $aHimnariki og helviti.$lEnglish
245 10 $aHeaven and Hell /$cJón Kalman Stefánsson ; translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton.
264 1 $aNew York :$bMacLehose Press,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2010
300 $a193 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published as Himnariki og helviti: Reykjavik, Iceland : Bjartur, 2008.
520 $aIn a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barethur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barethur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in 'Paradise Lost', succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen's callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him - he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself in the stories and lives of its inhabitants, and decides that he cannot be with his friend just yet. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, Heaven and Hell is a perfectly formed, vivid and timeless story, lyrical in style, and as intense a reading experience as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves. An outstandingly moving novel.
546 $aTranslated from the Icelandic.
650 0 $aBereavement$vFiction.
650 0 $aFishing$vFiction.
650 0 $aDeath$vFiction.
650 0 $aFriendship$vFiction.
651 0 $aIceland$vFiction.
700 1 $aRoughton, Philip.