{"product_id":"icelands-bell-9781400034253","title":"Iceland's Bell","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme poverty, famine, and plague. A farmer and accused cord-thief named Jon Hreggvidsson makes a bawdy joke about the Danish king and soon after finds himself a fugitive charged with the murder of the king's hangman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years that follow, the hapless but resilient rogue Hreggvidsson becomes a pawn entangled in political and personal conflicts playing out on a far grander scale. Chief among these is the star-crossed love affair between Snaefridur, known as \"Iceland's Sun,\" a beautiful, headstrong young noblewoman, and Arnas Arnaeus, the king's antiquarian, an aristocrat whose worldly manner conceals a fierce devotion to his downtrodden countrymen. As their personal struggle plays itself out on an international stage, Laxness creates a Dickensian canvas of heroism and venality, violence and tragedy, charged with narrative enchantment on every page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, \u003ci\u003eIceland's Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400034253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.32w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2003 pg. 1245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2004 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2004 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Halldor Laxness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103828705461,"sku":"9781400034253","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_531f361d-5083-4fea-a942-ae6f314abf49.jpg?v=1693280853","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/icelands-bell-9781400034253","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}