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Questa saga epica segue la vita e la lotta per la sopravvivenza di Bjartur di Summerhouses, un uomo dallo spirito indomito nel paesaggio aspro dell'Islanda di inizio secolo. È una profonda esplorazione della resilienza umana, della solitudine e della ricerca incessante dell'indipendenza di fronte a ostacoli insormontabili. La narrazione approfondisce il vero costo della libertà e i sacrifici che si compiono per mantenere integrità e autosufficienza.

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  • First published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family, will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartus's obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever. Written by the Nobel prize-winner dubbed the 'Tolstoy of the North', this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one man's dogged struggle for independence. 'There are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more- it is the book of your life' New York Review of Books

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