Independent People

Name: Independent People
Author: Halldór Laxness
ISBN: 9780099527121

by Halldór Laxness

544 pages2008Vintage ClassicsISBN 9780099527121

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Amid the bleak, frozen wastes of an Icelandic winter, Bjartur of Summerhouses tends his sheep. A proud, stubborn man, who ekes out his humble living in a constant battle against nature, he has at last acquired his own small holding after eighteen years as a hired hand. Halldor Laxness's splendid achievement in this timeless, elemental masterpiece, which was one of the works for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955, is to have evoked the mood and rhythm of life in an isolated community in a remote corner of Europe as no other writer has done since the time of the great Icelandic sagas. Richly lyrical, often humorous, conceived on a grand scale, and with a cast of memorable characters, Independent Peopleis one of the truly great poetic novels of our century.

Publication Details

Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 2008
Pages: 544
ISBN: 9780099527121
Language: en

About Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness (23. apríl 1902 - 8. febrúar 1998) var íslenskur rithöfundur og skáld, jafnan talinn einn helsti íslenski rithöfundurinn á 20. öld. Á ferli sínum skrifaði Halldór skáldsögur, smásögur, margar blaðagreinar, samdi ljóð, leikrit, þýddi bækur yfir á íslensku og fleira. Halldór hlaut Nóbelsverðlaun í bókmenntum árið 1955. ---------- Halldór Kiljan Laxness (23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and poet, often considered one of the greatest Icelandic writers of the 20th century. During his career, Halldór wrote novels, short stories, many newspaper articles, composed poetry, plays, translated books into Icelandic, and more. Halldór was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.