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'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan Sontag A naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith. The church is boarded up and
The great Icelandic novel written by a Nobel prize-winner, this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one man's dogged struggle for independence. In Iceland its the canon, but to me its a cult classic Zadie Smith I defy anyone
A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness's masterpiece Late one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The t
The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halld r Laxness's most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor. The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simp
Salka Valka ankommer som 11-årig med sin ubemidlede mor til en lille islandsk flække, hvor de hutler sig igennem i fattige kår. Men Salka Valka er en oprører og kæmper sig frem til en position på lige fod med mændene. Vi følger hendes udvikling i den isla
Set in the early decades of the twentieth century, Independent People is a masterly realist novel evoking in rich detail a family and a rural community struggling to survive in the starkest of landscapes. At the same time it is infused with an intense awa
From the Nobel Prize winner comes a captivating novel about an idealistic Icelandic farmer who journeys to Mormon Utah and back in search of paradise. - "Full of an earthy poetry...a style wonderfully wise and entirely Scandinavian in its combination
From the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author: a magnificent novel that recalls Iceland's medieval epics and classics, set in the early twentieth century starring an ordinary sheep farmer and his heroic determination to achieve independence. - "A
I et lille fiskersamfund på kysten af Island oplever en mor og datter personligt byens smålighed, pietisme og manglende medfølelse for samfundets svageste. Hvor lille Salka er stolt, stærk og selvstændig, er hendes mor Sigurlína svagere og sætter al sin l
SALKA VALKA udkommer i Gyldendal Nordisk-serien. Romanen er til denne udgave nyoversat af Annette Lassen og er med forord afKristín Marja Baldursdóttir. Island, begyndelsen af 1900-tallet. En sen, snefoget vinternat ankommer en kystbåd til fiskerlejet Óse
"Laxness' fabelagtige univers fascinerer stadig" , 5 stjerner, Kristeligt Dagblad En af de største nordiske klassikere kommer med denne udgivelse i ny dansk oversættelse for første gang siden 1935. Frie folk af Halldór Laxness er stadig det
A beautifully jacketed hardcover edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's beloved epic novel about a stubbornly independent Icelandic sheep farmer and his spirited daughter. Set in the early twentieth century, Independent People recalls both Icelan