In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Bardur join a
boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and
Bardur, 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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