{"product_id":"a-parish-chronicle-by-halldor-laxness-9781529985757","title":"A Parish Chronicle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperience a \u003cem\u003ebrief encounter\u003c\/em\u003e with Halldór Laxness, the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author, in this rich, rustic and charming novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley—an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe resting place of the legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrimsson's skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church, fated to be destroyed. But as the plans to destroy it take shape, stories, myth and folklore abound in one magical last attempt to leave Mosfell standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976648769772,"sku":"9781529985757","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529985757-a-parish-chronicle.jpg?v=1784694042","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-parish-chronicle-by-halldor-laxness-9781529985757","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}