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Independent people takes place in the years immediately following world war i, and bjartur conforms to the image of the early icelandic settler as. Annie proulx there are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more. Comments by bob corbett february 20 the novel is the story of the life of bjartur of summerhouses and his struggle for both independence and survival in the hard life of a rural sheep farmer in iceland. From the nobel prizewinning author of independent people. The fish can sing is one of nobel prize winner halldor laxnesss most beloved novels, a poignant comingofage tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor. See all books authored by halldor laxness, including independent people, and under the glacier, and more on. All of us appreciate it upfront for being able to go to fulfill all of us. Independent people takes place in the years immediately following world war i, and bjartur conforms to the image of the early icelandic settler as stoic, steadfast, and strong. In 1953, laxness was awarded the sovietsponsored world peace council literary prize.
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