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Heaven and hell

In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barethur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barethur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in 'Paradise Lost', succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen's callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him - he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself in the stories and lives of its inhabitants, and decides that he cannot be with his friend just yet. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, Heaven and Hell is a perfectly formed, vivid and timeless story, lyrical in style, and as intense a reading experience as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves. An outstandingly moving novel.

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  • "Himnaríki og helvíti"@it

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  • ""Alle Leinen sind ausgebracht, das Warten beginnt. Das lange Warten darauf, dass der Fisch beisst. Zwei Stunden in einem offenen Sarg auf dem Eismeer ..." Es ist das Zeitalter, in dem winters auf Island der Fisch das Überleben sicherte. Denn dann zogen die riesigen Kabeljauschwärme um die Insel und die Männer mussten hinaus auf den von Schneestürmen aufgepeitschten Nordatlantik, um ihm nachzustellen - in offenen Ruderbooten, schutzlos einem blindwütigen Meer ausgeliefert, das immer wieder seine Opfer sucht. (Klappentext)."
  • "In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barethur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barethur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in 'Paradise Lost', succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen's callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him - he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself in the stories and lives of its inhabitants, and decides that he cannot be with his friend just yet. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, Heaven and Hell is a perfectly formed, vivid and timeless story, lyrical in style, and as intense a reading experience as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves. An outstandingly moving novel."@en
  • "In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barethur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barethur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he was too absorbed in 'Paradise Lost', succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Appalled by the death and by the fishermen's callous ability to set about gutting the fatal catch, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him - he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself in the stories and lives of its inhabitants, and decides that he cannot be with his friend just yet. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, Heaven and Hell is a perfectly formed, vivid and timeless story, lyrical in style, and as intense a reading experience as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves. An outstandingly moving novel."
  • "JOn Kalman StefAnsson is the winner of the Icelandic Prize for Literature and has been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature. Heaven and Hell, is a perfectly formed, vivid and timeless story, lyrical in style, and as intense a reading experience as the forces of the Icelandic landscape themselves. Der Spiegel said it was "like an oyster'a glinting treasure in a rough shell." In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Barur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Barur, absorbed in "Paradise Lost", succumbs to the ferocious cold and dies. Distraught from the murky circumstances of Barur's death, the boy leaves the village, intending to return the book to its original owner. The extreme hardship and danger of the journey is of little consequence to him'he has already resolved to join his friend in death. But once in the town he immerses himself in the stories and lives of its inhabitants, and decides that he cannot be with his friend just yet. From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "Autour de 1900, en Islande, Bardur et un garçon quittent au cours d'une nuit polaire leur fjord pour pêcher en haute mer le cabillaud. Malheureusement, Bardur, absorbé par la lecture du chef-d'oeuvre de Milton Le paradis perdu, oublie de se couvrir et meurt de froid. Son compagnon commence alors un périple dangereux pour restituer l'ouvrage à son propriétaire, un capitaine aveugle.--[Résumé de l'éditeur]."

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  • "Icelandic fiction"
  • "Roman islandais"
  • "Islandské romány"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Entre ciel et Terre : roman"
  • "Himnaríki og helvíti"
  • "Himmel und Hölle Roman"
  • "Heaven and hell"@en
  • "Ráj a peklo"
  • "Heaven and Hell"@en
  • "Heaven and Hell"
  • "Entre cielo y tierra"@es
  • "Entre cielo y tierra"
  • "Himmel und Hölle"
  • "Himmel und Hölle : Roman"
  • "Entre ciel et terre : $b roman"
  • "Entre ciel et terre"
  • "Paradiso e inferno"
  • "Paradiso e inferno"@it
  • "Himmerige og helvede"@da
  • "Himmerige og helvede : roman"@da

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