by Jón Kalman Stefánsson · Folio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070440511
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«Entre ciel et terre» is the literary fiction novel by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, published by Folio in paperback (272 pages, in French).
In Iceland around 1900, during a polar night, a cod fisherman goes to sea absorbed in the verses of Milton's Paradise Lost, without warm clothing, and freezes to death. His best friend, who could not save him, travels across the island to return the book to its owner, an old blind captain, and to find out if he still wants to live.
First installment of the Heaven and Hell trilogy, originally published in Icelandic as «Himnaríkí og helvíti»; French translation by Éric Boury.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary Icelandic literature: a story about friendship, loss, and the power of words.
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Jón Kalman Stefánsson is an Icelandic author.
