From the Mouth of the Whale: Winner of the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize 2023 - Softcover
Shortlisted for The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize 2013
Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012
'Sjón's novels are brilliant collisions of history and fable, psychology and fantasy' Chris Power, Guardian
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 burnt. Jónas Pálmason, a poet and self-taught healer, has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct, having fallen foul of the local magistrate. Banished to a barren island, Jónas recalls his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snjáfjöll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children.
From the Mouth of the Whale is a magical evocation of an enlightened mind and a vanished age.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
'Every now and then a writer changes the whole map of literature inside my head. The most recent has been the Icelander Sjon, whose work is unlike anything I had read, and very exciting ... I think of Icelanders as erudite, singular, tough, and uncompromising. Sjon is all these things, but he is also quicksilver, playful and surreal ... [Sjon] has changed the way I see things.' - A.S. Byatt, The New York Review of Books Sjon is the trickster that makes the world; and he is achingly brilliant... strange and wonderful, an epic made mad, made extraordinary. - Junot Diaz 'Hallucinatory, lyrical and by turn comic and tragic-an extraordinary novel.' - Hari Kunzru Kaleidoscopic and mesmerizing, comic and poignant - Times Literary Supplement Sjon's novels are brilliant collisions of history and fable, psychology and fantasy - Chris Power, Guardian Wildly comic and incandescent, elegant and brittle. - Keith Donohue, Washington Post
Book Description:
The highly-acclaimed novel by Iceland's internationally renowned writer Sjón - 'an extraordinary and original writer' A.S. Byatt - in a stunning new package.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherSceptre
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 152934297X
- ISBN 13 9781529342970
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 8.02
Shipping:
£ 4.50
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton 2019-11-07, London
(2019)
ISBN 10: 152934297X
ISBN 13: 9781529342970
New
paperback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781529342970
Buy New
£ 8.02
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk152934297Xxvz189zvxnew
Buy New
£ 15.51
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-152934297X-new
Buy New
£ 15.51
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 152934297X-11-31680870
Buy New
£ 15.54
Convert currency
Seller Image
From the Mouth of the Whale (Paperback)
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton, London
(2019)
ISBN 10: 152934297X
ISBN 13: 9781529342970
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shortlisted for The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize 2013 Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012'Sjon's novels are brilliant collisions of history and fable, psychology and fantasy' Chris Power, GuardianThe 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 burnt. Jonas Palmason, a poet and self-taught healer, has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct, having fallen foul of the local magistrate. Banished to a barren island, Jonas recalls his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snjafjoll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children.FROM THE MOUTH OF THE WHALE is a magical evocation of an enlightened mind and a vanished age. The highly-acclaimed novel by Iceland's internationally renowned writer Sjon - 'an extraordinary and original writer' A.S. Byatt - in a stunning new package. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781529342970
Buy New
£ 15.58
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9781529342970-GDR
Buy New
£ 9.14
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 853f60356fde2e22b5decf584dd4edd8
Buy New
£ 11.65
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Published by
Hodder & Stoughton
(2019)
ISBN 10: 152934297X
ISBN 13: 9781529342970
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Seller Inventory # B9781529342970
Buy New
£ 9.61
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 7.68x4.92x0.79 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __152934297X
Buy New
£ 9.19
Convert currency
Stock Image
From the Mouth of the Whale
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781529342970_new
Buy New
£ 9.52
Convert currency