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The Atom Station
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ISBN-13:
9780099455158
Veröffentl:
2004
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.03.2004
Seiten:
192
Autor:
Halldor Laxness
Gewicht:
132 g
Format:
199x129x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Halldór Laxness (1908-98) was born near Reykjavik, Iceland. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and one of the outstanding novelists of the twentieth-century, he wrote more than sixty books. Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.
'Laxness has been hailed as Iceland's John Steinbeck, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair combined. His is a significant voice in world literature' Magnus Magnusson
A social satire on politics and politicians. Laxness won the Nobel Prize for Literature and his published books span more than 60 years.