FISH CAN SING by Halldor Laxness ( 9781860469343 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

FISH CAN SING

By:

Halldor Laxness

Format:

Paperback

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£9.99

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ISBN 10:

1860469345

ISBN 13:

9781860469343

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Publisher:

VINTAGE PUBLISHING

Pub. date:

28 September, 2001

Pages:

256

Translated from:

Icelandic

Description:

This tender novel tells the tale of Alfgrim, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone cottage of Bjorn of Brekkukot, the fisherman, on the outskirts of what is now Reykjavik.

Synopsis:

Abandoned as a baby, Alfgrimur is content to spend his days as a fisherman living in the turf cottage outside Reykjavik with the elderly couple he calls grandmother and grandfather. There he shares the mid-loft with a motley bunch of eccentrics and philosophers who find refuge in the simple respect for their fellow men that is the ethos at the Brekkukot. But the narrow horizons of Alfgrimur's idyllic childhood are challenged when he starts school and meets Iceland's most famous singer, the mysterious Garoar Holm. Garoar encourages him to aim for the "one true note", but how can he attain it without leaving behind the world that he loves?

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Imprint:

The Harvill Press

Returns:

Returnable

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