{"product_id":"names-for-the-sea-strangers-in-iceland-paperback","title":"Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Moss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir of a family's year living in Reykjavik that \"captures the fierce beauty of the Arctic landscape\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Moss had a childhood dream of moving to Iceland, sustained by a wild summer there when she was nineteen. In 2009, she saw an advertisement for a job at the University of Iceland and applied on a whim, despite having two young children and a comfortable life in Kent, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe resulting adventure was shaped by Iceland's economic collapse, which halved the value of her salary; by the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajokull; and by a collection of new friends, including a poet who saw the only bombs fall on Iceland in 1943; a woman who speaks to elves; and a chef who guided Sarah's family around the intricacies of Icelandic cuisine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoss explored hillsides of boiling mud and volcanic craters and learned to drive like an Icelander on the unsurfaced roads that link remote farms and fishing villages in the far north. She watched the northern lights and the comings and goings of migratory birds, and as the weeks and months went by, she and her family learned new ways to live. \u003ci\u003eNames for the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is her compelling and very funny account of living in a country poised on the edge of Europe, where modernization clashes with living folklore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully written . . . A stranger in a strange land, Moss grapples with new foods, customs and landscapes that are both oddly familiar and wildly alien in this absorbing memoir.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Moss\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, travel writer and academic. She teaches Creative Writing in the English Department at University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Moss has written seven novels, \u003ci\u003eGhost Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tidal Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSigns for Lost Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBodies of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNight Waking\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCold Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGhost Wall\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and the Polari Prize, and longlisted for the Women's Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tidal Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSigns for Lost Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBodies of Light\u003c\/i\u003e were shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize, in 2017, 2016 and 2015 respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770626244896,"sku":"9781619021228","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/365a2ccc3ec12f2cc27c940703eda62f.webp?v=1780375586","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/names-for-the-sea-strangers-in-iceland-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}