{"product_id":"a-parish-chronicle","title":"A Parish Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom IcelandS Nobel Laureate, An Essayistic Tale Of The Unlikely Miracles That Return A ChurchFated To Disappear Over \u0026amp; Again Throughout TimeTo The Same Hillside1882. In The Still Of Morning, lafur Sharpens His Scythe On The BoneDry Pavestones That Separate His Farmhouse From The Rest Of Mosfell Valley, Where Life Revolves Around Sheep. The Sound Of His Hammer Rings Out Like A HighPitched Bell Over The Tussocky Fields. Across The Valley, Perched On A Hill That Hoards More Sunshine Than Others, Stands Mosfell Church. Nearby, The Parish PriestS Maid Gunna Pours Her Slosh, A Weak Cup Of Coffee. Further Afield In Reykjavk (Down South As The Locals Say) The General Assembly Decides To Revisit An Old Plan To Cut Costs By Consolidating Small Parishes, And Calls For The Demolition Of Mosfell. Yet Today A Church Stands On That Same HillsideIts Sharp Steeple Silhouetted Against The Clouds, Its Crown Bell Hanging To The Left Of The Altar. In A Parish Chronicle, Celebrated Novelist Halldr Laxness Combs Through The Minutest Details Of HistoryFrom The Location Of The Ancient Burial Mound Of National Hero Egill Skallagrmsson Down To The Latter Part Of The 19Th Century, When WeakSighted lafur And Bawdy Farmhand Gunna Will Each Play An Unlikely Role In The ParishS Stubborn Survival. An Intimate Ode To The Way Of Life In LaxnessS Home Valley, And A Shrewd Commentary On How History Bends To The Quirks Of Certain IndividualsA Parish Chronicle Abounds With Life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957899608309,"sku":"DADAX1962770516","price":35.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71fWtuYuy6L.jpg?v=1775559361","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/a-parish-chronicle","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}