A Parish Chronicle

Halldór Laxness author Philip Roughton translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Publishing:2nd Jul '26

£9.99

This title is due to be published on 2nd July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

A Parish Chronicle cover

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 Skallagrímsson’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.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

ISBN: 9781529985757

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm

Weight: 200g

128 pages