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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Hey, someone else who's read Laxness! I don't think I've read The Fish Can Sing, but I kind of liked World Light and Independent People* when I tried them way back during my Nordic authors phase.
Fun fact: Iceland has one of the highest per capita would-be author populations in the world. Apparently at least 30%+ of all Icelanders will at one point try their hand at writing and publishing something, even if it's only an article in a magazine.
* I should probably warn that IP is quite good, but very depressing.
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yes. i can see your point. I would like to add that this was written with a sense of humor on one hand, and great sensitivity to the human nature on the other.
Hope i will get the chance to visit iceland before it loses it's uniqueness completely and becomes totaly ordinary.