{"product_id":"halldor-laxness-salka-valka-2022","title":"Halldor Laxness: Salka Valka [2022]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldor Laxness's masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laxness, Halldor \u0026 Roughton, Philip","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52515251454291,"sku":"9781784877606","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/laxness-halldor-roughton-philip-halldor-laxness-salka-valka-2022-9781784877606-1209715043.jpg?v=1764708451","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/halldor-laxness-salka-valka-2022","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}