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Independent People: An Epic (Icelandic: Sjálfstætt fólk) is a novel by Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness, originally published in two volumes in 1934 and 1935. It deals with the struggle of poor Icelandic farmers in the early 20th century, only freed from debt bondage in the last generation, and surviving on isolated crofts in an ...
- Halldór Laxness, J. A. Thompson
- 544 pp (first English edition)
- 1934
- 1934 (Part I), 1935 (Part II)
12,442 ratings1,759 reviews. This magnificent novel—which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature—is at last available to contemporary American readers. Although it is set in the early twentieth century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter.
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- Paperback
4 de jul. de 2022 · Knopf published the novel anyway. In its first year, “Independent People” sold more than four hundred thousand copies in the United States. Nine years later, Laxness won the Nobel Prize in...
14 de ene. de 1997 · In this formidable saga about the conquest of individual independence Halldór Laxness exposes his outspoken views on mankind, politics, economics and literature. Vision on man and woman For Halldór Laxness's protagonist, `it is freedom that we are all after. I say for my part that a man lives in vain, until he is independent.
- Halldór Laxness, J. A. Thompson
- $11.69
- Vintage
As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartus's obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever.Written by the Nobel prize-winner dubbed the 'Tolstoy of the North', this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one man's dogged struggle for independence.'I defy anyone to finish Halldór Laxness's Independent ...
- Halldór Laxness
- Random House, 2010
- reprint
- Independent People
But Bjartur's spirited daughter wants to live unbeholden to him. What ensues is a battle of wills that is by turns harsh and touching, elemental in its emotional intensity and intimate in its homely detail. Vast in scope and deeply rewarding, Independent People is a masterpiece.
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….
