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The fish can sing

Halldor Laxness, 1902-2001
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This tender novel tells the tale of Álfgrímur, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone cottage of Bjorn of Brekkukot, the fisherman, on the outskirts of what is now Reykjavik.
Main title:
The fish can sing / Halldor Laxness ; translated from the Icelandic by Magnus Magnusson.
Edition:
Rev. English ed.
Imprint:
London : Harvill, 2001.
Collation:
[x], 246p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 2000.This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 2000.Translation of: Brekkukotsannáll.
ISBN:
18604693459781860469343
Dewey class:
839.6'934
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishIcelandic
BRN:
99547
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