Independent people, an epic by Halldr̤ Laxness, translated from the Icelandic by J. A. Thompson
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TextPublisher: New York, A. A. Knopf, 1946Description: vi, 470 p., 1 l. 22 cmISBN: 0679767924Uniform titles: Sjl̀fstt̆t folk. English Subject(s): NOVELAS ALEMANAS | Epic fiction | Iceland -- FictionDDC classification: 839.6 LOC classification: PZ3.L449 | In2Summary: " ... are the small freeholders of the Icelandic countryside--operators of the one-man, one-family farm got by inheritance or puchase and held with grim tenacity against all connivances of nature and man by folk whose ruling passion is to be their own masters on their own acres." [Dust jacket]
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | LAXN (Browse shelf) | Available | 4983 |
"First American edition."
" ... are the small freeholders of the Icelandic countryside--operators of the one-man, one-family farm got by inheritance or puchase and held with grim tenacity against all connivances of nature and man by folk whose ruling passion is to be their own masters on their own acres." [Dust jacket]
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