In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Bar?ur join a boat to fish for cod.
ISBN:
9781849164061
Author:
Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Page:
240
Binding:
Soft cover
Publication date:
2011
Format:
Book
Publisher:
MACLEHOSE PRESS
Language:
English
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Price: 5 550 Ft
Stock: 1-10 copies
Description
A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Bar?ur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in 'Paradise Lost', succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen's callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him - he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself in the stories and lives of its inhabitants, and decides that he cannot be with his friend just yet.