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Halldór Laxness

1902 – 1998

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Icelandic author of satirical works.

Cataloged works:
  • Independent People

    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 ...