A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldor Laxness's
masterpiece Late one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic
fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with
her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The two must forge a
life in this remote place, where everyone is at the mercy of a
single wealthy merchant, and where everything revolves around fish.
After her mother's tragic death, Salka grows into a fiercely
independent-minded adult - cutting off her hair, educating herself
and becoming an advocate for the town's working class. A
coming-of-age story, a feminist tale, a lament for Iceland's poor -
this is the funny, tender, epic story of Salka Valka. 'Laxness is a
poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows
us a plot' Daily Telegraph TRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON
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