Description
In a harsh 17th-century Iceland crushed by Danish rule, famine, and plague, an irrepressible farmer is swept into scandal after being accused of murdering the king’s hangman. As years of court battles and imprisonment spiral into a maze of lawsuits, he discovers that his fate is being manipulated by forces far beyond his control. Set against the struggle for national dignity, the novel follows a pawn-like man caught between a dazzling, educated noblewoman and a learned aristocrat whose ambitions turn personal lives into political instruments. With Halldór Laxness’s sharp wit and sweeping historical vision, the story blends tragedy and irony to explore pride, power, and the cost of survival in a country fighting to remember its own past.
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paperback
Vintage
Published Oct 14, 2003
448 pages
ISBN: 9781400034253
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Details
First Published
2003
Language
eng
Translation
From: isl
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