{"product_id":"roses-grew-on-snow-vassilis-triantis","title":"Roses grew on snow, Vassilis Triantis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"They have to sell and leave, they cannot go like that any more\"... my husband told me one evening some 5 years ago after hanging up the phone with his parents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eÁsta and Gústi moved to Laugarás in 1967 to continue on their parent's tradition of greenhouse farming. Ásta's parents, were the first ones to settle and build greenhouses in the area where four generations of Sælands lived till now. For 53 years Gústaf and Ásta persisted with the family business but this was not attainable any more due to their old age. They had to give up their property and move out of the area, ending a family thread that lasted for almost a century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe book reflects upon elements of loss and persistence that are prevalent in Icelandic culture through documenting the history of the Sælands in Laugarás and combining archival photographs from the family and new images made from 2017 to 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe story unfolds in 4 chapters, starting from the place that the Sælands inhabited, how they turned it into fertile land through hard labour in the greenhouses, their life in the house that they lived for half a century, forcing the reader to slowly unfold and discover that life through mirrors and windows, and closing with documenting where the family lives now and their links with their past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStills from the video accompanying the project are combined in the epilogue with my own thoughts, reflections of the family on their life in Laugarás and a brief note on the history of Icelandic greenhouse farming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe dimensions of the book record the year the family arrived in Laugarás and the year they left. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePublished by: Self Published, Vassilis Triantis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLimited edition of 250 copies all signed and numbered\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e118 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e195 x 202 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9789090355252\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vassilis Triantis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46696750678347,"sku":"RGONVT01","price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/Rosesgrewonsnow1.jpg?v=1688561964","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/es\/products\/roses-grew-on-snow-vassilis-triantis","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}