{"product_id":"from-the-mouth-of-the-whale-9780374159030","title":"From the Mouth of the Whale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Mouth of the Whale \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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, his exorcism of a walking corpse on the remote Snj fj ll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children. P lmason's story echoes across centuries and cultures, an epic tale that makes us see the world anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13381832\"\u003eSjón\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.38h x 5.10w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374159030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374159033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC099000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Europe (General)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSjón is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Fox \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Whispering Muse\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Reykjavík in 1962, he is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. His novels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ehave been translated into twenty-five languages. Also a lyricist, he has written songs for Björk, including for her most recent project, \u003ci\u003eBiophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, and was nominated for an Oscar for the lyrics he cowrote (with Lars von Trier) for \u003ci\u003eDancer in the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDark\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Reykjavík.","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687942918381,"sku":"9780374159030","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_130f76ad-803a-454a-819a-c21a7c4921c2.jpg?v=1649784513","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/from-the-mouth-of-the-whale-9780374159030","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}