'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan Sontag
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.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN SONTAG
| ISBN: | 9781784877613 |
| Publication date: | 10th February 2022 |
| Author: | Halldór Laxness |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Sense of place Humorous Fiction Religious and spiritual fiction |
'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan Sontag
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.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN SONTAG
Under the Glacier features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Humorous Fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
Under the Glacier is available in Paperback
Under the Glacier was written by Halldór Laxness and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Under the Glacier has 256 pages
£8.99