A novel by an Icelandic Nobel Prizewinner, about a sheep farmer who wants only to be an independent man. When his daughter expresses her own needs for independence, the battle of wills that results is both harsh and poignant. Brad Leithauser writes in his introduction: "I finished its last chapters one late afternoon in Rome, seated in an all-but ...
This 1955 novel by Nobel laureate Halldor Laxness takes place in a rural village in Iceland, where a young boy is abandoned by his parents and grows up to become fanatically devoted to an internationally famous singer.
Iceland's Nobel Prizewinning writer, who died in 1998, published this novel in four parts in the late 1930s. It is the story of an Icelandic poet named Olaf Karason, whose cruel childhood is the beginning of a life that culminates in his renunciation of the world.
"Laxness describes the popular reaction to an attempt by the U.S. to buy land for a nuclear base near Reykjavik. He contrasts corruption and decadence in the capital with the simple life of peasants in the north . . . Rich, lyrical prose, all expertly interpreted in the translation. Among the many vivid characters, the narrator stands out: her wit ...
Drawing on the days when Iceland was under the control of Denmark, this novel--set in the late 1700s--is about Jon Hreggvidson, an Icelandic farmer who is imprisoned for insulting the Danish king, and for a murder he did not commit. As he attempts to clear his name, he encounters a woman named Snaefridur Eydalin, who defends him, and an idealistic ...
Description: Helgafell 1959 1st. Small octavo, 138pp., black cloth hardcover. Near Fine in Good DJ, two inch closed tear along lower spine edge, slight wear at corners, some rubbing and soiling. Very hard to find in original DJ and in such excellent condition. read more
Description: 8vo, pp. 332. The second part of Laxness' famous tetrology "Heimsljos" or "The Light of the World". The text is in Icelandic. Laxness (1902-1998, birth name Halldor Gudjonsson) was perhaps the pre-eminent Icelandic novelist of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955 and, due to his fervent socialism, the Stalin International Award in 1949. He wrote a series of epic novels which explored the reality of Icelandic life, past and present, and generally rejuvenated ... read more
Description: Very Good-Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dj. 8vo. 138 pp. Corners slightly bumped. Book is slightly rolled. Very slight foxing to spine of dj. Very slight browning/foxing to front and rear end pages. Pages clean, binding tight. Blue speckled fore-edge. B/w illustration to front cover of dj. "Summer is most beautiful just before autumn. For this reason all good stories have their beginning while it is still summer and the birds are singing and the sun send sits rays of warmth over land and ... read more
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