From the mouth of the whale
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Author
Contributors
Cribb, Victoria tranlator.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 20 cm.
Status
Northwest Reno Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"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. Sjon introduces us to Jonas Palmason, 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 Snjafjoll coast, the frenzied massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers, and the deaths of three of his children. Palmason's story echoes across centuries and cultures, an epic tale that makes us see the world anew"--,Provided by Publisher.
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In 1635 Iceland, poet and self-taught healer Jonas Palmason, banned to a barren island for heresy, recalls such tales as his exorcism of a walking corpse, the massacre of innocent Basque whalers, and the deaths of his children.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sjón., & Cribb, V. (2013). From the mouth of the whale (1st American ed.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sjón, 1962- and Victoria Cribb. 2013. From the Mouth of the Whale. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sjón, 1962- and Victoria Cribb. From the Mouth of the Whale Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sjón, and Victoria Cribb. From the Mouth of the Whale 1st American ed., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
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