The Fish Can Sing
Laxness, Halldór (Author)
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Laxness is a poet who writes to the edge of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot: he takes a Tolstoyan overview, he weaves in an Evelyn Waugh-like humour: it is not possible to be unimpressedDaily TelegraphThis weird and wonderful novel, about the price you pay for 'the one true note', is Laxness at his best: a reminder of the mad hilarity of the Icelandic sensibility. An endearing and unforgettable voiceNicholas ShakespeareIt is a novel (a world) that transmits something of the wonder of life, its strangeness, its goodness, ocassions for stubbornness, and the stoicism of people - peopl...
ISBN (SKU)
9781860469343
Pages
246
Weight
192g
Dimensions
197x130x18
Imprint
Vintage Classics
Published
28, September, 2001
Genres
Fiction
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