From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón

From the Mouth of the Whale

Sjón with Victoria Cribb (Translator)

272 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy historical reflective slow-paced
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In this magical evocation of a vanished age, a poet and self-taught healer is banished in 1635 to a barren island off Iceland – a place darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty. With only a purple sandpiper for company, Jónas Pálmason retr...

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