World Light by Laxness, Halldor; translated by Magnus Magnusson: Very Good Hard Cover (1969) First American Edition.
Free Shipping - First American Edition. - Hard Cover - University of Wisconsin Press, Madison - 1969 - Condition: Very Good - Very Good - First edition in English of this Icelandic author's satiric look at his homeland, inspired by the life of alienated poet Magnus Hjaltason Magnusson, the last of his "epic" novels, not well-received in Iceland because of its "harshly ironic portrayal of a backward Iceland during the rise of capitalism"; Laxness won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. Stout hardcover, full blue cloth, silver titling. Light wear to book, rear corners bumped (affecting the pages as well as the boards); jacket shows minor edgewear, faint creases, $7.95 price intact. Text clean; xvii, blank, 521 pages + list of other publications in the UW's Nordic Translation Series. A surcharge for international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Large Octavo - World Light
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The history of Iceland began 1,200 years ago, when a frustrated Viking captain and his useless navigator ran aground in the middle of the North Atlantic. Suddenly, the island was no longer just a layover for the Arctic tern. Instead, it became a nation whose diplomats and musicians, sailors and soldiers, volcanoes and flowers, quietly altered the globe forever.
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