{"product_id":"seal-mother-paperback","title":"Seal Mother - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerður Kristný\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRory McTurk\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Icelandic poet, Gerður Kristný, has published\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efour collections of poetry with Arc, of which Seal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother is the most recent. Winner of the Icelandic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen's Literature Prize 2023 and the Icelandic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooksellers' Prize for Best Poetry book of 2022, Seal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother received universal praise upon publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis spellbinding sequence of poems tells the story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the poet's great-great-grandmother, a midwife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho lived on the northernmost coast of Iceland at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe end of the nineteenth century. Drawing on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclassical forms of Icelandic poetry, Kristný paints\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclear and simple pictures of the struggle for survival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the woman and her family in a narrative that is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epowerful and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer three previous collections, Bloodhoof (2012), \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrápa (2018) and Reykjavík Requiem (2020) have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall appeared from Arc in Rory McTurk's translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56555618206001,"sku":"9781911469933","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/EPElkdksWH9781911469933.webp?v=1790761909","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/seal-mother-paperback","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}