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Name: Independent People by Halldór Laxness
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Author: Halldór Laxness
ISBN: 9780679767923

By: Halldór Laxness

Part of series: Sjálfstætt fólk Part 1

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CategoryFiction
LanguageEnglish
Pages482
Published1934
File size3.1 MB
FormatPDF
ISBN9780679767923

Key ideas from the book

It presents the life of Icelandic farmer Bjartur.
Sheep ranching and rural labor form a central subject.
The novel examines relationships between fathers and daughters.
Its setting and subject matter connect it to Icelandic literature.
Political life is part of the work’s documented subject area.

About Independent People by Halldór Laxness

Published in 1934, Independent People is an Icelandic work of fiction by Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness. Its central figure is Bjartur, a farmer whose life is bound to sheep, land, rocks, and the wider universe.

The novel’s documented subjects include fathers and daughters, sheep ranchers, Icelandic life, and political fiction. It will interest readers exploring Icelandic literature, continental European fiction, and novels concerned with family relationships, rural existence, and political life.

About Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) was an Icelandic novelist and the country’s most internationally renowned writer. Born Halldór Guðjónsson in Reykjavík and raised at the Laxnes farm, he drew deeply on Icelandic landscapes, history, folklore, and social life. His major works include Independent People, Salka Valka, The Fish Can Sing, World Light, and the trilogy Iceland’s Bell. Laxness’s fiction combines sharp social criticism with humor, lyricism, and an enduring interest in human resilience. He…