From the Mouth of the Whale - Brossura

Sjón, .

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0374159033 ISBN 13: 9780374159030

Casa editrice: FSG Adult, 2013

Riassunto

From the Mouth of the Whale is an Icelandic saga for the modern age. The year is 1635. Iceland is a world darkened by superstition, poverty, and cruelty. Men of science marvel over a unicorn's horn, poor folk worship the Virgin in secret, and both books and men are burned.
Sjón introduces us to Jónas Pįlmason, a poet and self-taught healer, banished to a barren island for heretical conduct, as he recalls his gift for curing "female maladies," his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snjįfjöll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children. Pįlmason's story echoes across centuries and cultures, an epic tale that makes us see the world anew.

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L'autore:

Sjón is the author of, among other works, The Blue Fox and The Whispering Muse. Born in Reykjavķk in 1962, he is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. His novels

have been translated into twenty-five languages. Also a lyricist, he has written songs for Björk, including for her most recent project, Biophilia, and was nominated for an Oscar for the lyrics he cowrote (with Lars von Trier) for Dancer in the Dark. He lives in Reykjavķk.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: FSG Adult
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0374159033
• ISBN 13: 9780374159030
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240