Heaven and hell / Jón Kalman Stefánsson ; translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Roughton, Philip, translator.

Series:

Biblioasis international translation series ; 51.

Biblioasis international translation series ; 51

Standardized Title:

Himnaríki og helvíti. English

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Fishers--Fiction.

Fishers.

Iceland--Fiction.

Iceland.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

211 pages ; 20 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, 2025.

Summary:

"In a remote part of Iceland, a young man joins a cod-fishing crew, but when a tragedy occurs at sea, he's appalled by his fellow fishermen's cruel indifference. Lost, broken by his experiences, he leaves the settlement in secret, his only purpose to return a book to a blind old sea captain who lives in a town beyond the mountains--and when he arrives, he finds that he isn't alone in his solitude: welcomed into a warm circle of outcasts, he begins to see the world anew. Heaven and Hell navigates the depths of despair to celebrate the redemptive power of friendship. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, it is a reading experience as intense as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translation of: Himnaríki og helvíti.

Previously published: London: MacLehose Press, Quercus, 2010.

Other Format:

Online version: Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 1963- Himnaríki og helvíti. English. Heaven and hell.

ISBN:

9781771966511

1771966513

OCLC:

1432231187