Halldór Laxness

Samostalni ljudi je roman islandskog nobelovca Halldóra Laxnessa objavljen u dva dijela 1934. i 1935. godine. Govori o bijednom životu siromašnih seljaka u teškim prirodnim i društvenim uvjetima sjevernog Islanda početkom 20. stoljeća. Glavni lik, Bjartur, nakon dugogodišnjeg teškog rada na tuđem imanju, uspijeva …

Abandoned as a baby, Alfgrimur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside Reykjavik with the elderly couple he calls grandmother and grandfather. There he shares the mid-loft with a motley bunch of eccentrics and philosophers who find refuge in the simple respect for their fellow …

Iceland's Bell is a historical novel by Nobel prize-winning Icelandic author Halldór Kiljan Laxness. It was published in three parts: Iceland's Bell, The Bright Jewel or The Fair Maiden and Fire in Copenhagen. The novel takes place in the 18th century, mostly in Iceland and Denmark. Like many of Laxness's works, the …

The Atom Station is a novel by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. The initial print run sold out on the day it was published, apparently for the first time in Icelandic history.

Paradísarheimt is a book written by Halldór Laxness.