{"product_id":"the-greenlanders-jane-smiley-9781400095469","title":"The Greenlanders","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/i\u003e--and \"a diverse and masterly writer\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review)--\u003c\/i\u003ecomes an enthralling epic tale, written in the tradition of the old Norse sagas, that takes us to fourteenth-century Greenland and tells the story of a proud landowner and his unforgettable family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Smiley brings us to a farflung place of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains. This\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of one family: proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose willful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. Jane Smiley immerses us in this world of farmers, priests, and lawspeakers, of hunts and feasts and long-standing feuds, and by an act of literary magic, makes a remote time, place, and people not only real but dear to us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Smiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400095468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400095469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Jane Smiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052023279871,"sku":"9781400095469","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecce6edf-bb7a-44c8-a586-408c5f81c88d.jpg?v=1685016529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-greenlanders-jane-smiley-9781400095469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}