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32 produkter
Independent People
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
149 kr
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The great Icelandic novel written by a Nobel prize-winner, this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one man's dogged struggle for independence.‘In Iceland it’s the canon, but to me it’s a cult classic’ Zadie Smith‘I defy anyone to finish Halldór Laxness's Independent …
Under the Glacier
Häftad, 2022
139 kr
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'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan SontagA naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith. The church is boarded up and the errant pastor lives with a woman who is not his …
Independent People
Inbunden, 2020
199 kr
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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. At the same time it is infused with an intense awareness of Iceland's saga tradition and …
Parish Chronicle
Häftad, 2026
139 kr
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An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time foreverThe resting place of legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrímsson’s skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church, fated to be destroyed. But as the plans to …
Salka Valka
Häftad, 2022
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
149 kr
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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 …
Fria män
E-bok, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
119 kr
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Halldór Laxness klassiska roman Fria män är en storslagen och episk skildring av det hårda livet för Islands småbrukare kring nittonhundratalets början. I arton år har bonden Bjartur ”gått alla dessa steg åt andra” och slitit för traktens storbonde. Nu är den första avbetalningen lagd på gården …
Salka Valka
Ljudbok, 2020
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
270 kr
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Salka Valka kommer som 11-åring med sin fattiga mor till ett litet isländskt samhälle, där de kämpar sig fram under fattiga förhållanden. Men Salka Valka är en rebell och lyckas slå sig fram till en position på samma villkor som männen. Vi följer hennes utveckling i den isländska bygden från hennes …
Paradise Reclaimed
E-bok, 2007
225 kr
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IAn idealistic Icelandic farmer journeys to Mormon Utah and back in search of paradise in this captivating novel by Nobel Prize—winner Halldor Laxness. The quixotic hero of this long-lost classic is Steinar of Hlidar, a generous but very poor man who lives peacefully on a tiny farm in …
Under the Glacier
E-bok, 2007
189 kr
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Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness’s Under the Glacier is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at Sn?fells Glacier, who, among other …
Atom Station
Häftad, 2004
139 kr
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When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her …
Iceland's Bell
E-bok, 2007
205 kr
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Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland’s Bell by Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire. At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme …
World Light
E-bok, 2007
225 kr
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As an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation: the belief that one day he will be a great poet. The indifference and contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for in Iceland poets are as likely to be scorned as …
Independent People
Introduction by John Freeman
Inbunden, 2020
418 kr
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A beautifully jacketed hardcover edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's beloved epic novel about a stubbornly independent Icelandic sheep farmer and his spirited daughter. Set in the early twentieth century, Independent People recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid …
Fish Can Sing
E-bok, 2010
102 kr
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*BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE*'Laxness at his best: a reminder of the mad hilarity of the Icelandic sensibility. An endearing and unforgettable voice' Nicholas ShakespeareAbandoned as a baby, Alfgrimur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside …
Independent People
E-bok, 2010
100 kr
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The great Icelandic novel written by a Nobel prize-winner, this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one man's dogged struggle for independence.‘In Iceland it’s the canon, but to me it’s a cult classic’ Zadie Smith‘I defy anyone to finish Halldór Laxness's Independent …
Atom Station
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her …
Salka Valka
E-bok, 2022
100 kr
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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 …
Under the Glacier
E-bok, 2022
100 kr
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'Wildly original, morose, uproarious... It is also one of the funniest books ever written' Susan SontagA naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reportedly lost its faith. The church is boarded up and the errant pastor lives with a woman who is not his …
Parish Chronicle
An intimate novel about a vanished rural Iceland, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Independent People
E-bok, 2026
176 kr
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An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley - an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time foreverThe resting place of legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrímsson’s skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely, country church, fated to be destroyed. But as the plans to …
Fish Can Sing
Häftad, 2001
139 kr
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*BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE*'Laxness at his best: a reminder of the mad hilarity of the Icelandic sensibility. An endearing and unforgettable voice' Nicholas ShakespeareAbandoned as a baby, Alfgrimur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside …
