Independent People

Author: Halldor Laxness

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9780099527121
  • : Random House UK
  • : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
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  • : April 2022
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 34mm
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  • : 19.99
  • : October 2017
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : 839.6934
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  • : 544
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Barcode 9780099527121
9780099527121

Description

"First published in 1946, this humane epic novel is set in rural Iceland in the early twentieth century. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartus' obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever."

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An engrossing and humane modern classic, imbued with the lyrical force of medieval ballads and Nordic myth.

Author description

HALLDOR LAXNESS (1902-98) was born near Reykjavik, Iceland. His first novel was published when he was 17. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth century, his work was translated into more than 30 languages. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. J.A. THOMPSON was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1910. After graduating in English and Nordic language and literature from the University of Leeds he worked as a school teacher in Akureyi in the north of Iceland from 1931-2 before moving back to Berwick. His translation of Independent People was his only work of translation, the labour of many years. It is generally accepted to be the finest translation into any language of Laxness's masterpiece.