Description
An idealistic Icelandic farmer sets out on a quest for paradise, trading familiar landscapes for the promise of Mormon Utah and the chance to remake his life according to a higher calling. Across the journey, he encounters faith, ambition, and the stubborn realities of community and belief, as his hopes are tested by culture shock and moral complexity. Woven with Laxness’s distinctive blend of satire and compassion, the novel explores what people truly seek—spiritual fulfillment, social belonging, or a livable dream—and how ideals survive contact with the world. Part travel narrative, part philosophical inquiry, this Nobel Prize–winning work turns one man’s search into a sweeping meditation on faith, identity, and the cost of reinvention.
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paperback
London : Methuen
Published Jan 1, 1962
264 pages
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First Published
1962
Language
eng
Translation
From: isl
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