About this title: 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.
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Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Vintage, 2002, 1.2 in. H x 7.9 in. L x 5.1 in. W, 16.5 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, is a former library copy with the usual markings, appears almost uncirculated, is MYLAR jacketed, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002-10-08
ISBN-13:9780375727573ISBN:0375727574
Description: New. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Pre-release book with different cover. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN-13:9780375727573ISBN:0375727574
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: 9780375727573. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375727573ISBN:0375727574
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Description: New. As an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation: the belief that one day he will be a great poet. The indifference and contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for in... read more
Edition: Heimsljos originally published by Helgafell, Reykjavik, Iceland
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Milwaukee and London
Date Published: 1969
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Reading copy. Library discard. The long search in a harsh, materialistic world for some kind of spiritual beauty leads Olaf Karason through a turbulent life in the villages of Iceland in the early twentieth century. Sent away by his mother as an infant, crippled until a bizarre cure in late boyhood, and later a self-taught poet living once more on charity, he was always a social outcast. His quest for the apirit of this world shows him much ... read more
Edition: FIRST EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI
Date Published: PUB 1969
Description: FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. WRITTEN IN 1937-1940 NOW PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OFMAGNUS MAGNUSSON FOR THE FIRST TIME. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE WITH SLIGHT SUNING TO SPINE, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. read more
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