Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375727580ISBN:0375727582
Description: Very Good. No creases in spine, no slant, light edgewear, tight binding, 304 clean unmarked pages, intro by Jane Smiley, translator Magnusson, Nobel winning author from Iceland. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2002-04-01
ISBN-13:9780375727580ISBN:0375727582
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780375727580. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375727580ISBN:0375727582
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crowell [, New York
Date Published: 1962]
Description: Translated by Magnus Magnusson. Hardcover, very good, no DJ. ["A novel about Iceland, Denmark, and the land of the Latter Day Saints"] read more
Description: Very Good. B000HIC9YU Thomas Crowell hardcover, 1962, 1st U.S. edition, clean/tight, No marks, very light wear...Near Fine/Near Fine...New mylar cover, bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Crowell, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Front cover has a small amount of offsetting and spine is darkened. A novel about Iceland, Denmark, and the land of the Latter Day Saints by a great literary figure. 253 pp. read more
Edition: First American edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: 253pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Green cloth with silver stamped title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Translated by Magnus Magnusson. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Methuen, London, 1962.
Description: Dust Jacket Included. First British edition. This is quite scarce compared to the first American edition. First published under the title Paradisarheimt in 1960. Translated by Magnus Magnusson; translation copyright by Methuen in 1962. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), red spine decorations, 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, 253 pp. Book very good (modest spine slant; mild dust soiling, top edge of book block). Dustcover VG-(moderate edge wear; modest sunning, spine; focal lifting ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Crowell, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing. (2) 1 inch edge tears jacket front. Jacket spine tanned. Pages clean. Binding good. A novel about Iceland, Denmark, and the land of the Latter Day Saints. Winner Nobel Prize 1955. Translated by Magnus Magnusson. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 254 pages First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Riki. Translated by Magnus Magnusson. Novel about Iceland, Denmark & the land of the Latter Day Saints. Laxness won the 1955 Nobel Prize for Literature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy! read more
Description: Very Good or better. Remainder, may have marks on edge, otherwise like new-Because of our high volume, we can not accurately describe each book, so we list the MINIMUM condition you can expect; most are better than the condition listed. read more
Description: New. IAn idealistic Icelandic farmer journeys to Mormon Utah and back in search of paradise in this captivating novel by Nobel Prize--winner Halldor Laxness. The quixotic hero of this long-lost classic is Steinar of Hlidar, a generous but very poor man wh... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780375727580ISBN:0375727582
Description: Good. Our aim is to create value for our customers through the provision of low cost, affordable products and an overall satisfying buying experience. read more
"This book is not as good as Iceland's Bell, my favorite Laxness, but still worth reading. It's about an Icelandic farmer who gives his daughter's poney to the king of Denmark and then is sent by his indignant wife to retrieve it. Along the way he converts to Mormonism and voyages to Utah where he sends for his family to join him. A wonderful series of comedic misadventures delivered with a light touch and rendered in a rhythmic cadence that, stylistically, manages to be unassuming and yet rigorously wrought."
"What a funny little book! The recovered manuscript of Iceland's Nobel Prize winning Halldor Laxness in which he somehow manages to be both satrical and emotionally astute with a story as alien to the land of the fjords as "the back of the moon"--Mormonism. This book is a complete prize."
"This has all the great stuff we've come to love from Laxness...plus, it has some history of the Mormon faith and the pilgrimages/missions that take our hero across oceans and mountains."
"Iceland + Mormons should equal something amazing, but I was disappointed. The story is steady and understated, exactly the kind of story I don't like that much."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
