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Halldór Laxness - Salka Valka, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Salka Valka

Av Halldór Laxness

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A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness's masterpieceLate one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The two must forge a life in this remote place, where everyone is at the mercy of a single wealthy merchant, and where everything revolves around fish. After her mother's tragic death, Salka grows into a fiercely independent-minded adult - cutting off her hair, educating herself and becoming an advocate for the town's working class. A coming-of-age story, a feminist tale, a lament for Iceland's poor - this is the funny, tender, epic story of Salka Valka. 'Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot' Daily TelegraphTRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-02-10
  • Mått: 130 x 198 x 37 mm
  • Vikt: 398 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 560
  • Förlag: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781784877606
  • Översättare: Philip Roughton
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Halldór Laxness (Author) Halldór Laxness (1908-98) was born near Reykjavik, Iceland. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth-century, he wrote more than sixty books. Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.Philip Roughton (Translator) Philip Roughton was born in the US and now lives in Iceland. He is an award-winning translator of modern Icelandic literature, having translated works by numerous Icelandic writers, including the Nobel prize-winning author Halldór Laxness.

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Laxness was a genius

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  1. 5/5 Snus

    På stigen från livegenskap mot avlönat arbete går människorna på krokiga stigar i Laxness roman. Inspirerade av Islands häftigaste kommunist Kristoffer Torfendal och ledda och missleda av kyrka, frälsningsarmén och handlaren. Mitt i detta skapar Salka Valka sitt liv, stark och okuvlig, ibland vacklande men aldrig svarslös. En sån makalös människa och kvinna.

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