From The Mouth Of The Whale Av Sjon

<p><b>WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY''S NORDIC PRIZE 2023</b><br><b><br>Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award</b><br><br><b>''A terrific read...an extraordinarily accomplished novel'' <i>Independent</i></b><br><br><b>''Kaleidoscopic and mesmerising, comic and poignant'' <i>TLS</i></b><br><br>In this magical evocation of a vanished age, a poet and self-taught healer is banished in 1635 to a barren island off Iceland - a place darkened by superstition, poverty and cruelty. <br><br>With only a purple sandpiper for company, Jónas Pálmason retraces his path to exile, recalling his exorcism of a walking corpse, the massacre of innocent Basque whalers at the hands of local villagers and the deaths of three of his children. <br><br>But amid the cacophony of Copenhagen he will find hope and, finally, recognition of his enlightened ideas.</p>