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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Great female heroine and vivid description of Iceland,
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This review is from: Salka Valka (Icelandic Edition)
This book was one of several that earned the author the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. My father got it as a gift from some Swedes that he knows and I pulled it off his bookshelf. Gripping, enthralling story of life in the cod fishing villages of Iceland pre modern age. One of the most interesting and strong female heroines I've read about. The language is very descriptive and worthy of a Nobel Prize winner. I felt I was an Icelandic after reading this book. Highly recommended.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Icelandic past,
By Kristjana (Reykjavík, Iceland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Salka Valka (Icelandic Edition)
I read this book as a part of a school project when i was in college. I didn't quite like the idea as i thought of Mr. Laxness to be quite.. "boring". Then when i started reading the book i found out how wrong i was. This book clearly showes how life used to be in Iceland during those rough years and you also get the feeling as if Mr. Laxness had once been to the future when he wrote this book because so much in it resembles our life in Iceland today. Salka Valka is a remarkable book and the main character, Salka, is so complex and interesting. I've read this book numerous times and i never get tired of it. To me it's a masterpiece
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