Ice
€14.00
Product Information
| ISBN | 9781908745477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulla-Lena Lundberg |
| Publisher | Sort of Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.424 |
| Publishing Date | 04/02/2016 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.21 |
| Tax | €0.79 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.00 |
| Availability | 5 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze - are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the family''s love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter, the wholehearted if naive novice priest, and Mona, his tough-minded wife, a story unfolds that is as immersive as it is heartrending.Winner of the Finlandia prize and nominated for the Nordic Critics Prize, Ice was a huge bestseller in Finland.