Salka Valka Av Halldor Laxness

<p><b>A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halld¿r Laxness''s masterpiece</b><br><br>Late 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. <br><br>After 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. <br><br><b>''Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br>TRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON</b></p>