Nobel Prize Laureate Halldor Laxness is indisputably Iceland's most distinguished writer. His works embody all things characteristic for Iceland - the nation's history, its culture, and perhaps most significantly the people themselves. This story is one of the gems of his collection. ...
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Formatted like one of those 'artistic' children's books that parents so thoroughly admire and kids tolerate, this book will be a disappointment for anyone hoping to get a day or two of reading from it. The story "The Bread of Life" is only a few hundred words long, and it's more a sketch or a piece of journalism than a work of the great Icelandic novelist's imagination. The 'story' tells of a servant girl who manages to get lost on an errand in her own home territory, on a path she's walked hundreds of times. Her misadventure occurs precisely when her ancient parish church building is demolished in the name of progress. The befuddled girl lives to a ripe old age, old enough to be interviewed by Halldor Laxness. Any deeper meaning that Laxness might find in her tale is left utterly to the reader's response to the bare narrative.
The book is illustrated by by a well-known Icelandic artist, Snorri Sveinn Fridriksson, in a folklorish style suggestive of Emil Nolde using water-colors. In any case, it's unavailable. Looks like I have a collector's item, but I'm not a collector.
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