Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland’s Bell by Nobel Laureate Halldór Laxness is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire. At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme poverty, famine, and plague. A farmer and accused cord-thief named Jon Hreggvidsson makes a bawdy joke about the Danish king and soon after finds himself a fugitive charged with the murder of the king’s hangman. In the years that follow, the hapless but resilient rogue Hreggvidsson becomes a pawn entan Iceland's Bell - Halldór Laxness od authora Halldór Laxness a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Halldór Laxness |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
425 |
Rok vydání |
2011 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
HAK |