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The Fish Can Sing

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Fish Can Sing

By Halldor Laxness

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About the book

One of the most beloved novels from the Nobel Prize winner, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with the peculiar Icelandic blend of light irony and dark humor. • With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres.  The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple. Alfgrimur dreams only of becoming a fisherman like his adoptive grandfather, until he meets Iceland's biggest celebrity. The ...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780307386052

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Fish Can Sing

Format

Paperback

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