{"product_id":"icelands-bell","title":"Iceland's Bell","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme poverty, famine, and plague. A farmer and accused cord-thief named Jon Hreggvidsson makes a bawdy joke about the Danish king and soon after finds himself a fugitive charged with the murder of the king's hangman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years that follow, the hapless but resilient rogue Hreggvidsson becomes a pawn entangled in political and personal conflicts playing out on a far grander scale. Chief among these is the star-crossed love affair between Snaefridur, known as \"Iceland's Sun,\" a beautiful, headstrong young noblewoman, and Arnas Arnaeus, the king's antiquarian, an aristocrat whose worldly manner conceals a fierce devotion to his downtrodden countrymen. As their personal struggle plays itself out on an international stage, Laxness creates a Dickensian canvas of heroism and venality, violence and tragedy, charged with narrative enchantment on every page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, \u003ci\u003eIceland's Ball\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48122841891005,"sku":"BS-TC0-034253","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781400034253-HD.jpg?v=1787072346","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/icelands-bell","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}