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Title: The Whispering Muse Condition: New EAN: 9781529342994 ISBN: 9781529342994 Publisher: Sceptre Format: Paperback Release Date: 04/16/2020 Item Height: 196mm Item Length: 128mm Item Width: 14mm Item Weight: 108g Translator: Victoria Cribb Contributor: Victoria Cribb (Translated by) Language: English ISBN-10: 1529342996 Description: WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023
'Funny, strange, provoking and disturbing; darkness with a light touch.' TLS
A master storyteller, Sjón weaves together Greek and Nordic myths with the legacies of the Second World War in this mesmerising novel, which reminds us that everything is capable of change.
Valdimar Haraldsson is an eccentric Icelander with dubious ideas about the relationship between fish consumption and Nordic superiority. To his delight, in the spring of 1949, he is invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its voyage to the Black Sea.
He is less delighted with the lack of fish on the menu. Worse, his fellow travellers show no interest in his 'Fish and Culture' lecture. They prefer the enthralling tales of the second mate, Caeneus, who every evening regales them with his adventures aboard the Argo, on Jason's legendary quest for the Golden Fleece. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Author: Sjón Genre: Fiction Topic: Historical Fiction Subtitle: Winner of the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize 2023 Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?
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