Salka Valka
Verð: | 3.999 ISK |
Penninn Eymundsson
- Austurstræti 18
- Akureyri
- Húsavík
- Ísafjörður
- Skólavörðustígur
- Selfoss
- Smáralind
Vörulýsing
A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness's masterpiece
Late one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The two must forge a life in this remote place, where everyone is at the mercy of a single wealthy merchant, and where everything revolves around fish.
After her mother's tragic death, Salka grows into a fiercely independent-minded adult - cutting off her hair, educating herself and becoming an advocate for the town's working class. A coming-of-age story, a feminist tale, a lament for Iceland's poor - this is the funny, tender, epic story of Salka Valka.
'Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot' Daily Telegraph
TRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON
Vöruflokkur
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Erlendar bækur, Landk-Fiction
- Form: Kilja
- Útgáfuár: 2022
- Útgefandi: Vintage Publishing
- Blaðsíðufjöldi: 560
- ISBN: 1784877603