The great Icelandic novel by the Nobel Prizewinning novelist Halldr LaxnessThere are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more it is the book of your life New York Review of BooksFirst published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family, will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartuss obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever.Written by the Nobel prizewinner dubbed the Tolstoy of the North, this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one mans dogged struggle for independence.I defy anyone to finish Halldr Laxnesss Independent People without wetting the pages with tears Jonathan Franzen, GuardianThe greatest Icelandic novel and surely one of the best books of the 20th century Hallgrmur Helgason, Guardian

Binding: Paperback;576 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FA; Weight: 514 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 34

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