false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175969837m/578941.jpg 578941 1 Iceland begins with Paul arriving at a mysterious Institute to pick out&#151;on doctor's orders&#151;a new internal organ. There he meets Emily, a young, bikini-clad woman hired to stimulate the organs preserved in a nutrient-enhanced swimming pool, and falls in love amidst a flurry of chlorine and kick-boards. In Jim Krusoe's world, this is about as simple as life gets.<P>Paul's brief interlude with Emily sets the course for his extraordinary adventures, which involve a troublesome stain on Paul's rug, a volcano, Paul's marriage and children, six years in a piano bar, and a long stretch in the State Penitentiary. But throughout it all Paul keeps re-imagining that first afternoon by the pool-side with Emily, his one true love. Iceland is a novel of melancholic hilarity that along the way raises questions about the nature of memory, imagination, and desire. 565855 6 2002 Iceland (American Literature/Dalkey Archive) total:73|5:17|4:25|3:17|2:11|1:3| 73 261 100 19 578941 1564783146 9781564783141 73 19 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175969837m/578941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578941.Iceland 4 1 false Thu Jul 16 10:13:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:06:28 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:13:54 -0700 2009 578941 1564783146 9781564783141 73 19 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175969837m/578941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578941.Iceland 5 1 false Sat Nov 17 15:35:03 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 15:38:16 -0800 2007 more...]]> 578941 1564783146 9781564783141 73 19 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175969837m/578941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578941.Iceland 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:56:54 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:57:31 -0700 2009 578941 1564783146 9781564783141 73 19 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175969837m/578941.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578941.Iceland 3 0 false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 10:09:54 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 19 11:58:26 -0800 2009
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