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A Parish Chronicle

Halldór Laxness

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Vintage Publishing
2 July 2026
ISBN: 9781529985757
Paperback
128 pages

From the publisher

An 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

The resting place of 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.

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