Autor: Halld r. Laxness

‘Wildly original, morose, uproarious… It is also one of the funniest books ever written’ Susan Sontag A naive young man is sent by the bishop of Iceland to investigate a small town that has reporte …

*BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE*’Laxness at his best: a reminder of the mad hilarity of the Icelandic sensibility. An endearing and unforgettable voice’ Nicholas Shakespeare Abandoned …

The great Icelandic novel by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Halld r Laxness’There are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more: it is the book of yo …

When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the …

A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halld r Laxness’s masterpiece Late one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with …