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About Independent People. 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 strange story, vibrant and alive….
1 de jul. de 2010 · Halldór Laxness (Author) Halldór Laxness (1908 - 98) was born near Reykjavik, Iceland. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth-century, he wrote more than sixty books. Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in ...
Independent People. First published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family, will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his ...
4 de may. de 2009 · The main character in Halldor Laxness' novel Independent People is querulous, ... Review Iceland's Stoic, Sardonic 'Independent People' May 4, 2009 12:00 AM ET. Heard on ...
22 de ene. de 1997 · INDEPENDENT PEOPLE. by Halld¢r Laxness ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 22, 1997. The first paperback edition of a classic 1946 novel, which won its revered Icelandic author the 1955 Nobel Prize. Laxness offers a panorama of village life in this remote clime and an unforgettable characterization of its sullen, stubborn, disagreeable--and, for all that ...
The great Icelandic novel by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Halldór Laxness'There are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more: it is the book of your life' New York Review of BooksFirst published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland.
Halldor Laxness was well deserving of the Nobel Prize for this tale. He writes with a deep reverence for the days of legend in Iceland. His rhythm is unique, his landscapes are colorful even in a country that can often be grey.
