{"product_id":"the-greenlanders-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eGolden Age, \u003c\/i\u003e the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556700885266,"sku":"9781400095469","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b84d9c8a-e574-4d29-a8fb-f80f06e9eaf2.jpg?v=1731760940","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-greenlanders-9781400095469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}