Independent people /
Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998,
Independent people / Halldór Laxness ; translated from the Icelandic by J.A. Thompson ; with an introduction by John Freeman. - xli, 501 pages ; 22 cm. - Everyman's library ; 397 .
"Originally published in two volumes as Sjálfstætt fólk in 1934-35"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references.
"An epic tale of a stubborn sheep farmer named Bjartur of Summerhouses who decides to spit in the direction of his country's pagan traditions, and its landowners, making his way alone."--
9781841593975 (hbk.) 9781101908273 1101908270
Sheep ranchers--Iceland--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Iceland--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Sheep ranchers.
Social conditions.
Iceland--Social conditions--Fiction.
Iceland--Fiction.
Iceland.
Epic fiction.
Fiction.
Epic fiction.
839.6 LAX / 023265
Independent people / Halldór Laxness ; translated from the Icelandic by J.A. Thompson ; with an introduction by John Freeman. - xli, 501 pages ; 22 cm. - Everyman's library ; 397 .
"Originally published in two volumes as Sjálfstætt fólk in 1934-35"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references.
"An epic tale of a stubborn sheep farmer named Bjartur of Summerhouses who decides to spit in the direction of his country's pagan traditions, and its landowners, making his way alone."--
9781841593975 (hbk.) 9781101908273 1101908270
Sheep ranchers--Iceland--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Iceland--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Sheep ranchers.
Social conditions.
Iceland--Social conditions--Fiction.
Iceland--Fiction.
Iceland.
Epic fiction.
Fiction.
Epic fiction.
839.6 LAX / 023265