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Halldor Laxness
ISBN: 9780099527121
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
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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.
First published in 1946, this humane epic novel is set in rural Iceland in the early twentieth century. 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, Bjartus' obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever.
| ISBN | 009952712X | | Pages | 544 | | ISBN13 | 9780099527121
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 378 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage Classics | | Previous ISBN | 9781860467769 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 03 Jul 2008 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 839.6934 | | Spine width (mm) | 34 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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