{"product_id":"9781473663053","title":"CoDex 1962 : Winner of the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize 2023 - Sjon","description":"WINNER OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY'S NORDIC PRIZE 2023'A masterpiece . . . I challenge any author to top it!' Sigridur Alberstsdottir, Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. J�sef Loewe enters the world as a lump of clay - carried in a hatbox by his Jewish father Leo, a fugitive in WWII Germany. Taking refuge in a small-town guesthouse, Leo discovers a kindred spirit in the young woman who nurses him back to health and together they shape the clay into a baby. But en route to safety in Iceland, he is robbed of the ring needed to bring the child to life. It is not until 1962 that J�sef can be 'born', only to grow up with a rare disease. Fifty-three years on, it leads him into the hands of a power-hungry Icelandic geneticist, just when science and politics are threatening to lead us all down a dark, dangerous road. At once playful and profoundly serious, this remarkable novel melds multiple genres into a unique whole: a mind-bending read and a biting, timely attack on nationalism.","brand":"Sjon","offers":[{"title":"528 pages \/ 02\/05\/2019 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57430737748343,"sku":"9781473663053","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781473663053.jpg?v=1788340186","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781473663053","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}