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The Fish Can Sing (Icelandic: Brekkukotsannáll) is a 1957 novel by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.
1 de ene. de 2015 · The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness, translated from the Icelandic by Magnus Magnusson, unfolds in the first-person voice of Alfgrimur, an orphan. Abandoned by his mother in a small fishing village on the outskirts of Reykjavik, Alfgrimur is raised by an elderly couple who become his surrogate grandparents.
Alfgrimur dreams only of becoming a fisherman like his adoptive grandfather, until he meets Iceland's biggest celebrity. The opera singer Gardar Holm’s international fame is a source of tremendous...
The fish can sing by Halld{acute}or Laxness, 1902-Publication date 1967 Publisher New York, Crowell Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English; Icelandic. 286 p. 21 cm Translation of Brekkukotsann{acute}all Access-restricted-item true
The Fish Can Sing is set in early twentieth-century Iceland, the narrator Álfgrímur describing life in the quaint backwoods of Brekkukot.
The Fish Can Sing. Halldór Laxness. Harvill, 2001 - Fiction - 246 pages. *BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE*. 'Laxness at his best: a reminder of the mad hilarity of the...
The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness’s most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light...
