{"product_id":"books-the-sacrament-by-olaf-olafsson","title":"The Sacrament","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter's day, a young student at the school watches the school's headmaster, Father August Franz, fall to his death from the church tower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo decades later, the child--now a grown man, haunted by the past--calls the nun back to the scene of the crime. Seeking peace and calm in her twilight years at a convent in France, she has no choice to make a trip to Iceland again, a trip that brings her former visit, as well as her years as a young woman in Paris, powerfully and sometimes painfully to life. In Paris, she met an Icelandic girl who she has not seen since, but whose acquaintance changed her life, a relationship she relives all while reckoning with the mystery of August Franz's death and the abuses of power that may have brought it on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn The Sacrament, critically acclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson looks deeply at the complexity of our past lives and selves; the faulty nature of memory; and the indelible mark left by the joys and traumas of youth. Affecting and beautifully observed, The Sacrament is both propulsively told and poignantly written--tinged with the tragedy of life's regrets but also moved by the possibilities of redemption, a new work from a novelist who consistently surprises and challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674172088593,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780062899880.jpg?v=1781529699","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-sacrament-by-olaf-olafsson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}