Description
Sent by the Bishop of Iceland to investigate a remote town called “Glacier,” a young theologian arrives to find the church boarded up and the community’s faith—if not its spirit—seemingly in retreat. What begins as a sober inquiry quickly becomes a surreal journey through eccentric lives and impossible claims, where resurrection, strange prophecies, and comic excess mingle with questions of belief, doubt, and the stories people tell to survive. As the emissary moves deeper into the town’s orbit, he confronts how religion, imagination, and human longing can both illuminate and distort reality. With Halldór Laxness’s unmistakably antic, satirical voice—equal parts wonder and critique—this novel turns a quest for spiritual certainty into a vivid meditation on faith’s fragility and the wild creativity of the human mind.
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paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2022
256 pages
ISBN: 9781784877613
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First Published
2022
Language
isl
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Content and trigger warnings for Under the Glacier by Halldór Laxness.