{"product_id":"under-the-glacier-9781400034413","title":"Under the Glacier","description":"Nobel laureate Halld r Laxness's \u003cb\u003eUnder the Glacier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eone-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at Sn fells Glacier, who, among other things, appears to have given up burying the dead. But once he arrives, the emissary finds that this dereliction counts only as a mild eccentricity in a community that regards itself as the center of the world and where Creation itself is a work in progress.\u003cbr\u003e What is the emissary to make, for example, of the boarded-up church? What about the mysterious building that has sprung up alongside it? Or the fact that Pastor Primus spends most of his time shoeing horses? Or that his wife, Ua (pronounced \"ooh-a,\" which is what men invariably sputter upon seeing her), is rumored never to have bathed, eaten, or slept? Piling improbability on top of improbability, \u003cb\u003eUnder the Glacier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eoverflows with comedy both wild and deadpan as it conjures a phantasmagoria as beguiling as it is profound.\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 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400034413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2005 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Halldor Laxness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649402695836,"sku":"9781400034413","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bef798a0-f313-4810-8baa-b7a1703052a4.jpg?v=1603872665","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/under-the-glacier-9781400034413","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}