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Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
Sarah Moss
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Description for Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
Paperback. Novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children, in the wake of the financial crisis and in the year the volcano erupted Num Pages: 368 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DNC; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
'One of the most enjoyable travel books I've read' The Times Acclaimed novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children in the year the volcano erupted At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, Sarah Moss and her husband moved with their two small children to Iceland. From their makeshift home among the half-finished skyscrapers of Reykjavik, Moss travels to hillsides of boiling mud and volcanic craters, and the remote farms and fishing villages of the far north. She watches the northern lights and the comings and goings of migratory birds, and ... Read more
'One of the most enjoyable travel books I've read' The Times Acclaimed novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children in the year the volcano erupted At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, Sarah Moss and her husband moved with their two small children to Iceland. From their makeshift home among the half-finished skyscrapers of Reykjavik, Moss travels to hillsides of boiling mud and volcanic craters, and the remote farms and fishing villages of the far north. She watches the northern lights and the comings and goings of migratory birds, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847084163
SKU
V9781847084163
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Sarah Moss
SARAH MOSS was educated at Oxford University and is currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Warwick. She is the author of two novels; Cold Earth, and Night Waking, which was selected for the Fiction Uncovered Award in 2011, and the co-author of Chocolate: A Global History. She spent 2009-10 as a visiting lecturer at the ... Read more
Reviews for Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland
One of the most enjoyable travel books I've read
Helen Rumbelow
The Times
Beautifully written ... Moss grapples with new foods, customs and landscapes that are both oddly familiar and wildly alien in this absorbing memoir
Carl Wilkinson
Financial Times
A fascinating and unusual book, a genuine news from nowhere, the gripping account of ... Read more
Helen Rumbelow
The Times
Beautifully written ... Moss grapples with new foods, customs and landscapes that are both oddly familiar and wildly alien in this absorbing memoir
Carl Wilkinson
Financial Times
A fascinating and unusual book, a genuine news from nowhere, the gripping account of ... Read more