{"product_id":"the-carriage-stone-sigbjorn-holmebakk-9780802313058","title":"The Carriage Stone","description":"The first appearance in English of this finely wrought novel by Norwegian writer Holmebakk (1922-81) exploring the fundamental tensions between life and death that perhaps only love and hope can palliate. Two middle-aged men, retired Lutheran pastor Eilif Grotteland and Olav Klungland, a novelist and active communist, meet by accident outside a hospital. Olav has just visited a dying comrade, and Eilif is admitting his terminally ill wife, but these obvious reminders of death are mere introductions to the spiritual concerns that preoccupy both men. Both are at the \"carriage stone\" in their lives, a stone symbolizing the moment of choice between dying or living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sigbjorn Holmebakk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802313051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802313058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dufour Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 5.71w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1995 pg. 1479\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/1995 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/1995 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/1996 pg. 18","brand":"Sigbjorn Holmebakk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658930237695,"sku":"9780802313058","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-carriage-stone-sigbjorn-holmebakk-9780802313058","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}