{"product_id":"a-parish-chronicle-9781529985757","title":"A Parish Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExperience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Halldor Laxness, the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author, in this rich, rustic and charming novel.  An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time forever   The resting place of legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrimsson's skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church, fated to be destroyed. But as the plans to destroy it take shape, stories, myth and folklore abound in one magical last attempt to leave Mosfell standing.   BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781529985757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 20 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.9(H)x13.1(L)x1(W)110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 110\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eHalld r Laxness (1908-98) was born near Reykjavik, Iceland. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth-century, he wrote more than sixty books. Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Halldór Laxness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50837517500633,"sku":"9781529985757","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781529985757.jpg?v=1793105095","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/a-parish-chronicle-9781529985757","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}