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192 pages • paperback • first pub 1948 • 18 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780099455158
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
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"Laxness describes the popular reaction to an attempt by the U.S. to buy land for a nuclear base near Reykjavik. He contrasts corruption and decadence in the capital with the simple life of peasants in the north . . . Rich, lyrical prose, all expe...
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192 pages • paperback • 1948
ISBN/UID: 9780099455158
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
"Laxness describes the popular reaction to an attempt by the U.S. to buy land for a nuclear base near Reykjavik. He contrasts corruption and decadence in the capital with the simple life of peasants in the north . . . Rich, lyrical prose, all expe...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings