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.

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