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Under the Glacier

Author: Halldor Laxness

A naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith.

A naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith.

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  • Award Award Nobel
  • Release Date 10/02/2022
  • Number of pages Number of pages 272
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Publisher Publisher Vintage Publishing
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A naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith. The church is boarded up and the errant pastor lives with a woman who is not his wife. He has also allowed a corpse to be lodged in the glacier. So the rumours go. What he discovers is a community that regards itself as the centre of the world  earthly yet otherworldly, banal yet astonishing. Brimming with humour, mystery, and the supernatural this is a surprising and moving novel from the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author.

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Author
Halldor Laxness
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Language
English
Type
Classic Literature
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
272
Release Date
10/02/2022
Publication Date
2022
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9781784877613

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