Independent People by Halldór Laxness
Set in the early decades of the twentieth century, Independent People is a masterly realist novel evoking in rich detail a family and a rural community struggling to survive in the starkest of landscapes.-
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A saga that somehow contrives to recapture the broad, clear air of older Icelandic tales* Observer *
I love this book ... I can't imagine any greater delight than coming to Independent People for the first time. -- Jane Smiley
Funny, clever, sardonic, and brilliant, Independent People is one of my Top Ten Favourite Books of All Time. -- Annie Proulx
Laxness has a poet's imagination and a poet's gift for phrase and symbol ... Bjartur is a magnificent and complex symbol of peasant independence. * The New York Times Book Review *
I love this book ... I can't imagine any greater delight than coming to Independent People for the first time. -- Jane Smiley
Funny, clever, sardonic, and brilliant, Independent People is one of my Top Ten Favourite Books of All Time. -- Annie Proulx
Laxness has a poet's imagination and a poet's gift for phrase and symbol ... Bjartur is a magnificent and complex symbol of peasant independence. * The New York Times Book Review *
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781841593975 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841593974 |
| Title | Independent People |
| Author | Halldór Laxness |
| Series | Everymans Library Contemporary Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Everyman |
| Year published | 2020-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |