Independent People

Name: Independent People
Author: Halldor Laxness

by Halldor Laxness

Epic novel about an Icelandic farmer's struggle for independence across generations

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Halldor Laxness

Icelandic author and Nobel laureate whose novels celebrate the resilience of ordinary Icelanders against the forces of history and capitalism. Independent People is his masterpiece, a darkly comic portrait of a stubborn Icelandic farmer.

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