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Salka Valka / by Halldór Laxness ; translated by Philip Roughton.
Van Pelt Library PT7511.L3 S313 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Salka Valka. English
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Fishing villages--Iceland--Fiction.
- Fishing villages.
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Social classes--Iceland--Fiction.
- Social classes.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
- Genre:
- Bildungsromans.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 626 pages ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- First Archipelago Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2022.
- Summary:
- "On a winter night, an eleven-year-old Salvör and her unmarried mother Sigurlína disembark at the remote, run-down fishing village of Óseyri, where life is "lived in fish and consists of fish." The two struggle to make their way amidst the rough, salt-worn men of the town. After Sigurlína's untimely death, Salvör pays for her funeral and walks home alone, precipitating her coming of age as a daring, strong-willed young woman who chops off her hair, earns her own wages, educates herself through political and philosophical texts, and soon becomes an advocate for the town's working class, organizing a local chapter of the seamen's union. A feminist coming-of-age tale, an elegy to the plight of the working class and the corrosive effects of social and economic inequality, and a poetic window into the arrival of modernity in a tiny industrial town, Salka Valka is a novel of epic proportions, living and breathing with its vibrant cast of characters, filled with tenderness, humor, and remarkable pathos"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- First published by Útgefandi as Salka Valka, 1931-1932.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998. Salka valka
- ISBN:
- 9781953861245
- 1953861245
- OCLC:
- 1256627579
- Publisher Number:
- 99990868471
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