Independent People
- Author: Halldór Laxness
- First published: 1934
Synopsis
Halldór Laxness’s epic of Bjartur of Summerhouses, a stubborn Icelandic sheep farmer who prizes independence above comfort, family, and almost everything else. Nobel-winning fiction of poverty, pride, and the land.
Source: Open Library (edited as needed)
My commentary
Sjálfstætt fólk (Icelandic) Author honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1955)