{"product_id":"under-the-glacier-paperback","title":"Under the Glacier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHalldor Laxness\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMagnus Magnusson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobel laureate Halldór Laxness's\u003ci\u003e Under the Glacier \u003c\/i\u003eis a\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eone-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at Sn fells Glacier, who, among other things, appears to have given up burying the dead. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut once he arrives, the emissary finds that this dereliction counts only as a mild eccentricity in a community that regards itself as the center of the world and where Creation itself is a work in progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is the emissary to make, for example, of the boarded-up church? What about the mysterious building that has sprung up alongside it? Or the fact that Pastor Primus spends most of his time shoeing horses? Or that his wife, Ua (pronounced \"ooh-a,\" which is what men invariably sputter upon seeing her), is rumored never to have bathed, eaten, or slept? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePiling improbability on top of improbability, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Glacier \u003c\/i\u003eoverflows with comedy both wild and deadpan as it conjures a phantasmagoria as beguiling as it is profound.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobel laureate Halldor Laxness's Under the Glacier\" is a\" one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at Sn?fells Glacier, who, among other things, appears to have given up burying the dead. But once he arrives, the emissary finds that this dereliction counts only as a mild eccentricity in a community that regards itself as the center of the world and where Creation itself is a work in progress.\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the emissary to make, for example, of the boarded-up church? What about the mysterious building that has sprung up alongside it? Or the fact that Pastor Primus spends most of his time shoeing horses? Or that his wife, Ua (pronounced \"ooh-a,\" which is what men invariably sputter upon seeing her), is rumored never to have bathed, eaten, or slept? Piling improbability on top of improbability, Under the Glacier\" overflows with comedy both wild and deadpan as it conjures a phantasmagoria as beguiling as it is profound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHalldór Laxness\u003c\/b\u003e was born near Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1902. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction, and one of the outstanding novelists of the century, he wrote more than sixty books, including novels, short stories, essays, poems, plays, and memoirs. In 1955 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Laxness died in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44307551879270,"sku":"9781400034413","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/a0MxNlVsU09MNzNTMGZ5YnRRbm5IUT09.webp?v=1767750935","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/under-the-glacier-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}