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Halldor Laxness

The Islander: Biography Of Halldor Laxness
Halldor Guomundsson

$39.95 – Hardcover book / Maclehose Press

Halldór Laxness won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955. During his life, which spanned nearly the entire century, he not only wrote 60 books, but also became an active participant in Europe’s idealistic debates...

The Atom Station
Halldor Laxness

$12.95 – Trade paperback / Vintage

Laxness has been hailed as Iceland's John Steinbeck, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair combined. His is a significant voice in world literature' Magnus Magnusson

When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to... Buy or find out more 



Independent People
Halldor Laxness

$12.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

Bjartus is a sheep farmer hewing a living from a blighted patch of land in Iceland. After 18 years of servitude to a master he despises, all he wants is to raise his flocks unbeholden to anyone. Nothing, not inclement we... Buy or find out more 


Fish Can Sing
Halldor Laxness

$12.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

A childhood in Iceland is the background to this powerful and evocative tale. Halldor Laxness's wistfully tender novel tells the tale of Alfgrim, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone c... Buy or find out more 



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