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In the chilling aftermath of Iceland's Lutheran Reformation in 1635, Jonas Palmason - a poet, naturalist and self-taught healer - has been condemned to exile for heretical conduct. Sitting on a barren island, he contemplates his life in a country that has become gripped by feverish superstition and the cruelty of poverty. He recalls his gift for curing 'female maladies', his exorcism of a walking corpse in the remote county of Snaefjallastrond, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the death of two of his children while his family were on the run. When his exile is suddenly revoked, Jonas finds himself swallowed and spewed from the mouth of a north whale, back onto the mainland. There he returns to the arms of his son and ends his days writing books of poetry and legend. Based on the historical figure Jon Gudmundsson, From the Mouth of the Whale is a magical evocation of an enlightened mind and a vanished age.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Fiction in translation

• Pełny tytuł: From the Mouth of the Whale
• Autor: Sjon
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 275
• EAN: 9781846590832
• ISBN: 1846590833
• ID: 04368423
• Wydawca: Saqi Books
• Waga: 252 g
• Wymiary: 200 × 136 × 21 mm
• Data wydania: 01. May 2011

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