ENGLISH

Independent People

By Halldor Laxness

Book information

Publisher
Vintage Classics
Year
2010
ISBN
009952712X, 9780099527121
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2255754 bytes)
Pages
544\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

First published in 1946, this humane epic novel is set in rural Iceland in the early twentieth century. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor 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. As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartus' obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever.

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