books by Halldor Laxness     books:       The Great Weaver from Kashmir Halldor Laxness Archipelago Books, 2008 "Laxness brought the Icelandic novel out from the saga's shadow. . . . To read Laxness is also to understand why he haunts Iceland-he writes the unearthly prose of a poet cased in the perfection of a shell of plot, wit, and clarity."- Guardian "Laxness is a poet who writes at the edge of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot: He takes a Tolstoyan overview, he weaves in a Waugh-like humor: it is not possible to be unimpressed."- Daily ...             The Fish Can Sing (Translated from the Icelandic by Magnus Magnusson) Halldor Laxness Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967 This novel asks "Should one strive to be a singing fish or join the ranks of the procaic lumpfish?" It is the riddle posed by the author's ironic and reflective chronicle, and answered with inimitable wisdom. Halldor Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955. Born in Iceland in 1902, he published his first book, Child of Nature, at age 17.             Independent people: An epic70 reviews Halldor Laxness A. A. Knopf, 1946 The flower of my life. I don't even want to call this a "book". It's something different. It doesn't only tell you something or show you something it GIVES you something; something that nothing else can give you and that no one can take away from you. Laxness does what every author wishes he or she could do. He does it more beautifully, with more gentleness and sternness and joy, fear and trembling. All the while he ...             The fish can sing9 reviews Halldor Laxness Crowell, 1967 A remarkable read Laxness' book, "The Fish Can Sing" is a remarkable book. At first, it seems like a random series of vignettes about early 20th-century Icelandic life, full of detail and life, but appearing loosely bound at best. But by the end of the novel, the reader realizes he is in the hands of a master craftsman as the rich detail provided in earlier chapters come back to play important roles in the ...             World Light (Heimsljos) (The Nordic Translation series)3 reviews Halldor Laxness University of Wisconsin Press, 1969 Cosmic Fecklessness Of all the Nobel prizewinners in literature, the one who most elicits an uncomprehending reaction is the late Halldór Laxness, Iceland's greatest writer of the modern era. In my reading, I have always attempted at times to cross the mainstream and see what lies beyond. Iceland is as far from the mainstream as you can get and still be part of Western Culture. What we sometimes forget is that ...             Paradise Reclaimed4 reviews Halldor Laxness Thomas Y. Crowell, 1962 Steinar's quixotic journey through a treacherous world This peculiar but affecting parable bears similarities to Laxness's most famous work, "Independent People." With its many references to Icelandic sagas, it describes the conflict between the simple life of a sparsely populated countryside and the cynical modernity of the outside world. Its farmer-hero, Steinar of Hildar, is a pastoral Don Quixote, a study of the innocence of a man who seeks ...             Iceland's Bell6 reviews Halldor Laxness Vintage, 2003 Colonal critique Halldor Laxness is probably one of the most obscure Nobel Literature Prize winners a native reader of English can encounter. He lived into his nineties, and his writing spanned much of the 20th Century. Like many of Laxness's books, Iceland's Bell has not been available in English until very recently, and it is a shame that it has not. Rather than summarizing the plot, I will simply note that ...             Salka Valka5 reviews Halldor Laxness George Allen and Unwin, 1963 Love and Icelandic politics actually do mix The title of Bergman's film, "Through a Glass Darkly" comes to mind, not only because it, like this novel, is Scandinavian, but because I felt that I was reading SALKA VALKA through an encrusted window. My edition, first published in England before WW II, was translated from the Danish which in turn had been translated from the original Icelandic. The book certainly impressed me, but I wonder ...             The Fish Can Sing Halldor Laxness The Harvill Press, 2000 Trade Paperback. 246 p. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.             The Atom Station7 reviews Halldor Second Chance Press, 1982 a stunning story of politics, personal hope, and salvation In the Atom Station, Halldor Laxness demonstrates the skill and complexity that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel tells the story of a simple lass from the north of Iceland who comes face to face with the duplicity of politicians who sell out Icelandic sovereignty for the sake of a nuclear station during the cold war. She also comes to some realizations about ...              search for books atom, bell, can, epic, fish, from, great, heimsljos, iceland, icelandic, independent, kashmir, light, magnus, magnusson, nordic, paradise, people, reclaimed, salka, series, sing, station, translated, translation, valka, weaver, world books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: My Weird School #2: Mr. Klutz Is Nuts! (My Weird School) leave a comment home  impressum - about us