Salka Valka
Author(s): Halldór Laxness; Philip Roughton (Translator)
A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór 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
General Information
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Arrow
- : 0.442
- : 10 February 2022
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Halldór Laxness; Philip Roughton (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 839.6934
- : 560
- : FC