Independent People - Softcover

Laxness, Halldor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860466869 ISBN 13: 9781860466861

Publisher: Harvill Pr, 1999

Synopsis

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 weather, not his wives, not his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. But she too wants to live independently - and when Bjartus throws her from the house on discovering she is pregnant, her more temperate determination is set against his stony will.

About this title

About the Author:

Halldór Laxness was born near Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1902. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the century, he has written more than sixty books, including novels short stories, essays, poems, plays and memoirs. In 1955 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1998.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Icelandic

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1860466869
• ISBN 13: 9781860466861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544