The Fish Can Sing by Laxness, Halldor

The Fish Can Sing

One of the most beloved novels from the Nobel Prize winner--a beacon in twentieth-century literature (Alice Munro,...
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Author: Halldor Laxness
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Language: English
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The Fish Can Sing by Laxness, Halldor

The Fish Can Sing

$33.09

The Fish Can Sing

$33.09
Author: Halldor Laxness
Format: Paperback
Language: English
One of the most beloved novels from the Nobel Prize winner--a beacon in twentieth-century literature (Alice Munro, Nobel Prize-winning author of Dear Life). A poignant coming-of-age tale marked with the peculiar Icelandic blend of light irony and dark humor. - With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres.

The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple. Alfgrimur dreams only of becoming a fisherman like his adoptive grandfather, until he meets Iceland's biggest celebrity. The opera singer Gardar Holm's international fame is a source of tremendous pride to tiny, insecure Iceland, though no one there has ever heard him sing.

A mysterious man who mostly avoids his homeland and repeatedly fails to perform for his adoring countrymen, Gardar takes a particular interest in Alfgrimur's budding musical talent and urges him to seek out the world beyond the one he knows and loves. But as Alfgrimur discovers that Gardar is not what he seems, he begins to confront the challenge of finding his own path without turning his back on where he came from.

Author: Halldor Laxness
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/19/2008
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780307386052

About the Author
Halldor Laxness was born near Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1902. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction, and one of the outstanding novelists of the century, he wrote more than sixty books, including novels, short stories, essays, poems, plays, and memoirs. In 1955 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Laxness died in Iceland in 1998.

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