Iceland's Bell

Name: Iceland's Bell
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ISBN: 9781400034253

ISBN-10: 1400034256

ISBN-13: 9781400034253

Edition: 2003

Authors: Halldor Laxness, Philip Roughton

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Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland’s Bell by Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire. At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme poverty, famine, and plague. A farmer and accused cord-thief named Jon Hreggvidsson makes a bawdy joke about the Danish king and soon after finds himself a fugitive charged with the murder of the king’s hangman. In the years that follow, the hapless but resilient rogue Hreggvidsson becomes a pawn entangled in political and personal conflicts playing out on a far grander scale. Chief among these is the…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/14/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.99" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English