{"product_id":"t-mas-j-nsson-bestseller-guberger-bergsson-9781940953601","title":"Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Guðbergur Bergsson achieved success with his novel \u003ci\u003eTómas Jónsson, Bestseller\u003c\/i\u003e, which shocked Icelandic readers in innumerable ways, lashing out as it does at the Icelandic society of the post-war years for its cultural confusion, amorality, and hypocrisy. The main character is a grumpy old man who speaks and writes in various styles, grumbles and babbles and criticizes everything.\"--Dagný Kristjánsdóttir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA retired, senile bank clerk confined to his basement apartment, Tómas Jónsson decides that, since memoirs are all the rage, he's going to write his own--a sure bestseller--that will also right the wrongs of contemporary Icelandic society. Egoistic, cranky, and digressive, Tómas blasts away while relating pick-up techniques, meditations on chamber pot use, ways to assign monetary value to noise pollution, and much more. His rants parody and subvert the idea of the memoir--something that's as relevant today in our memoir-obsessed society as it was when the novel was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered by many to be the 'Icelandic \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e' for its wordplay, neologisms, structural upheaval, and reinvention of what's possible in Icelandic writing, \u003ci\u003eTómas Jónsson, Bestseller\u003c\/i\u003e was a bestseller, heralding a new age of Icelandic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuðbergur Bergsson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twenty-one books, from novels to children's literature, and a translator from Spanish into Icelandic. He has received the Icelandic Literary Prize and the Nordic Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLytton Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe All-Purpose Magical Tent\u003c\/i\u003e, and has translated works from Bragi Ólafsson, Jón Gnarr, and Kristin Ómarsdóttir, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guðberger Bergsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194095360X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2017","brand":"Guðberger Bergsson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937711259903,"sku":"9781940953601","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cfbd9cce-ffa3-4428-84fa-7811f27ed6f6.jpg?v=1681431581","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/t-mas-j-nsson-bestseller-guberger-bergsson-9781940953601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}