Ice [electronic resource]
Lundberg, Ulla-Lena2016
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In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze - are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the family's love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter, the wholehearted if naive novice priest, and Mona, his tough-minded wife, a story unfolds that is as immersive as it is heartrending. Winner of the Finlandia prize and nominated for the Nordic Critics Prize, Ice was a huge bestseller in Finland.
Main title:
Ice [electronic resource] / Ulla-Lena Lundberg
Author:
Lundberg, Ulla-Lena, AuthorTeal, Thomas, Translator
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Sort Of Books, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781908745484
Language:
English
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BRN:
3917037
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