Isbn: 9780375727573 - world light (vintage international) (15 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. As an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation: the belief that one day he will be a great poet. The indifference and contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for in Iceland poets are as likely to be scorned as they are to be revered. Over the ensuing years, Olaf comes to lead the paradigmatic poet's life of poverty, loneliness, ruinous love affairs and sexual scandal. But he will never attain anything like greatness. As imagined by Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness in this magnificently humane novel, what might be cruel farce achieves pathos and genuine exaltation. World Light demonstrates how the creative spirit can survive in even the most crushing environment and even the most unpromising human vessel.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. World Light (Vintage International) This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 605 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 605 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

20 cm, 605 pages, kartoniert. wenig gebraucht, gute bis sehr gute Erhaltung. Vintage International. Sprache: Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A magnificently humane novel from the acclaimed Icelandic Nobel Prize winner: as an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one consolation, the belief that one day he will be a great poet. The indifference and contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for in Iceland poets are as likely to be scorned as they are to be revered. Over the ensuing years, Olaf comes to lead the paradigmatic poet's life of poverty, loneliness, ruinous love affairs and sexual scandal. But he will never attain anything like greatness.As imagined by Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness in thisextraordinary novel, what might be cruel farce achieves pathos and genuine exaltation. For as Olaf's ambition drives him onwardand into the orbits of an unstable spiritualist, a shady entrepreneur, and several susceptible womenWorld Light demonstrates how the creative spirit can survive in even the most crushing environment and even the most unpromising human vessel.…

Zustand: New. Hallad&oacuter Laxness was born near Reykjav&iacutek, Iceland, in 1902. His first novel was published when he wsa seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction, and one of the outstanding novelists of the century, he has writte.