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A Parish Chronicle

Halldor Laxness, Philip Roughton
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics)
Published: July 2, 2026
ISBN: 9781529985757
128 pages
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£9.99

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.

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