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The Sealwoman's Gift: the extraordinary book club novel of 17th century Iceland by Sally Magnusson (Paperback, 2018)
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'A remarkable feat of imagination... I enjoyed and admired it in equal measure' Sarah Perry, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT In 1627 Barbary pirates raided the coast of Iceland and abducted some 400 of its people, including 250 from a tiny island off the mainland. Among the captives sold into slavery in Algiers were the island pastor, his wife and their three children. Although the raid itself is well documented, little is known about what happened to the women and children afterwards. It was a time when women everywhere were largely silent. In this brilliant reimagining, Sally Magnusson gives a voice to Asta, the pastor's wife. Enslaved in an alien Arab culture Asta meets the loss of both her freedom and her children with the one thing she has brought from home: the stories in her head. Steeped in the sagas and folk tales of her northern homeland, she finds herself experiencing not just the separations and agonies of captivity, but the reassessments that come in any age when intelligent eyes are opened to other lives, other cultures and other kinds of loving. THE SEALWOMAN'S GIFT is about the eternal power of storytelling to help us survive. The novel is full of stories - Icelandic ones told to fend off a slave-owner's advances, Arabian ones to help an old man die. And there are others, too: the stories we tell ourselves to protect our minds from what cannot otherwise be borne, the stories we need to make us happy. 'Icelandic history has been brought to extraordinary life... An accomplished and intelligent novel' Yrsa Siguroardottir, author of WHY DID YOU LIE?Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139781473638969
eBay Product ID (ePID)26046719502
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Book TitleThe Sealwoman's Gift: the Extraordinary Book Club Novel of 17th Century Iceland
AuthorSally Magnusson
FormatPaperback
TopicMythology, Books
Publication Year2018
GenreHistorical
Number of Pages384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height232mm
Item Width152mm
Item Weight500 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 04 Jul, 2018
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I did not know any of the history behind the story. You hope, as you read the book, that the family will be reunited. I am only about halfway through so I cannot say too much. So far though I would say yes, read this bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
