From the Mouth of the Whale

by Sjón

Book Overview

From the Mouth of the Whale is an Icelandic saga for the modern age. The year is 1635. Iceland is a world darkened by superstition, poverty, and cruelty. Men of science marvel over a unicorn's horn, poor folk worship the Virgin in secret, and both books and men are burned.
Sj n introduces us to J nas P lmason, a poet and self-taught healer, banished to a barren island for heretical conduct, as he recalls his gift for curing female maladies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374159033
• ISBN13: 9780374159030
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.4"