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The Great Weaver from Kashmir (Icelandic: Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír) is the third novel by Halldór Kiljan Laxness, published in 1927 by the Reykjavík publisher Forlagið. The theme of the work is a young man's soul and search for truth, faith and love, and his choice between love and faith.
- Halldór Laxness, Philip Roughton
- 1927
24 de oct. de 2008 · Published when Laxness was only twenty-five years old, The Great Weaver from Kashmir’s radical experimentation caused a stir in Iceland, which would soon reverberate throughout Europe. The Great Weaver is much more than a first major work by a literary master—it is a groundbreaking modernist classic. Read more.
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- 1927
- Halldór Laxness, Philip Roughton
- Halldor Laxness
The Great Weaver From Kashmir. Halldór Laxness, Philip Roughton (Translator) 3.43. 259 ratings31 reviews. " [The protagonist's] grand, egotistical journey begins with art and ends with God, taking a path marked out by tormented disquisitions on all manner of existential questions."—New York Times Book Review.
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Published when Laxness was only twenty-five years old, The Great Weaver from Kashmir’s radical experimentation caused a stir in Iceland, which would soon reverberate throughout Europe. The Great Weaver is much more than a first major work by a literary master—it is a groundbreaking modernist classic.
- Halldor Laxness
- Hardcover
The Great Weaver from Kashmir (Reference Laxness Laxness 1927, translation 2008) is a modernist road Bildungsroman, in which a young egotistical philosopher–poet dandy moves from selfish hedonism to bleak monasticism.
Published when Laxness was only twenty-five years old, The Great Weaver from Kashmir’s radical experimentation caused a stir in Iceland, which would soon reverberate throughout Europe....
18 de may. de 2024 · The Great Weaver from Kashmir is Laxness’ first major novel, the book that propelled Icelandic literature into the modern world. Shortly after World War One, Steinn Elliði, a young philosopher-poet dandy, leaves the physical and cultural confines…
