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Independent people / Halldór Laxness ; translated from the Icelandic by J.A. Thompson ; with an introduction by John Freeman.
Van Pelt Library PT7511.L3 I64 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998, author.
- Series:
- Everyman's library ; 397.
- Everyman's library ; 397
- Standardized Title:
- Sjálfstætt fólk. English
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Sheep ranchers--Iceland--Fiction.
- Sheep ranchers.
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Iceland--Fiction.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Iceland--Social conditions--Fiction.
- Iceland.
- Iceland--Fiction.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Epic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xli, 501 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
- Summary:
- "An epic tale of a stubborn sheep farmer named Bjartur of Summerhouses who decides to spit in the direction of his country's pagan traditions, and its landowners, making his way alone."-- from John Freeman's introduction.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in two volumes as Sjálfstætt fólk in 1934-35"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781101908273
- 1101908270
- OCLC:
- 1136966037
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