cam a22 4500 528789805 CHVBK 20200429054405.0 180109s2018 enk|||||||||| 000 0|eng|d 1-4736-6302-4 hardcover 978-1-4736-6302-2 hardcover 1-4736-6303-2 paperback 978-1-4736-6303-9 paperback (VAUD)991021189635202852 (EXLNZ-41BCULAUSA_NETWORK)991023514226602851 YDX NZWPM OCLCF RNV vdbcul eng ice PT7511.S62 C6313 2018 839/.6934 23 Sjón 1962- aut CoDex 1962 Sjón ; translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb London Sceptre 2018 517 pages 24 cm text txt unmediated n volume nc Part I . Thine eyes did see my substance : a love story -- Part II. Iceland's thousand years : a crime story -- Part III. I'm a sleeping door : a science-fiction story Taking refuge in a small-town as a Jewish fugitive in WWII, Leo discovers a young woman who nurses him back to health. Together they shape a piece of clay into a baby. Leo escapes to Iceland with the clay boy in a hatbox only to become embroiled in a murder mystery. It is not until 1962 that Jósef can be born. In modern-day ReykjavÍk, a middle-aged Jósef attracts the interest of a geneticist. Now what lies behind Josef's tale emerges. Cribb Victoria s1an rnv VAUD 100 0- Sjón 1962- aut VAUD 700 1- Cribb Victoria Metadata rights reserved vaud BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 VAUD bcur bcur RIA 6873 810020020