Heaven and Hell by Jon Stefansson
Set at the turn of the twentieth century, Heaven and Hell is a perfectly formed, vivid and timeless story, lyrical in style, and as intense a reading experience as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves.
'Like an oyster - a glinting treasure in a rough shell' Der Spiegel* Der Spiegel *
'The author has a lyrical, poetic style ... the action unfolds vividly and dramatically, and the reader feels part of the scene. The combination creates an unusually intense reading experience ... in 2005 Stefánsson won the Icelandic Prize for Literature, and his work is selling well in German and French translations. This novel, his debut in English, deserves to win him many more admirers' Alannah Hopkin, Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *
'A magnificent novel... so well written, so wonderful, that you have to put the book down and think: this is beautiful literature' Kolbrún Bergfiórsdottir, Kiljan. * Kiljan *
'A real discovery, a revelation even... you do not want your attention to lapse for a moment for risk of missing the slightest detail' Jean-Claude Perrier, Livres Hebdo. * Livres Hebdo *
'An outstanding poetic narrative... like a long breath from the very depths of the sea' Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde. * Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde *
'The author has a lyrical, poetic style ... the action unfolds vividly and dramatically, and the reader feels part of the scene. The combination creates an unusually intense reading experience ... in 2005 Stefánsson won the Icelandic Prize for Literature, and his work is selling well in German and French translations. This novel, his debut in English, deserves to win him many more admirers' Alannah Hopkin, Irish Examiner. * Irish Examiner *
'A magnificent novel... so well written, so wonderful, that you have to put the book down and think: this is beautiful literature' Kolbrún Bergfiórsdottir, Kiljan. * Kiljan *
'A real discovery, a revelation even... you do not want your attention to lapse for a moment for risk of missing the slightest detail' Jean-Claude Perrier, Livres Hebdo. * Livres Hebdo *
'An outstanding poetic narrative... like a long breath from the very depths of the sea' Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde. * Nils C. Ahl, Le Monde *
Jón Kalman Stefánsson's novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature and his novel Summer Light, and then Comes the Night received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious P.O. Enquist Award. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy - Heaven and Hell, The Sorrow of Angels (longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and The Heart of Man (winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize) - and for Fish Have No Feet (longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017). Philip Roughton is a scholar of Old Norse and medieval literature and an award-winning translator of Icelandic literature, having translated works by numerous writers including Halldór Laxness. He was the winner of the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize for his translation of Jón Kalman Stefánsson's The Heart of Man, and shortlisted for the same prize for About the Size of the Universe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906694531 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906694532 |
| Title | Heaven and Hell |
| Author | Jón Kalman Stefánsson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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