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The Fish Can Sing

by Halldór Laxness

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First published
1957
Pages
490
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In Halldór Laxness's "The Fish Can Sing," an orphan named Álfgrímur grows up in Brekkukot, a house in Reykjavík, among a small, accepting community of misfits and eccentrics. The narrative explores the life of Álfgrímur as he considers his destiny and is impacted by the renowned Icelandic 'world singer,' Garðar Hólm.

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Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Writers who influenced Laxness include August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht, and Ernest Hemingway.

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First published
1957
Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
490
Language
English
Formats
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