Özgür İnsanlar

Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic poet and novelist Halldór Laxness tells the story of a people devoted to their independence through the epic struggle for life of a farmer in Free People. Bjartur is a poor farmer who challenges nature, merchants and superstitions with his wife, children, dog and sheep, literally fighting his own world war, on the farm he bought from the landowner where he worked for eighteen years to make ends meet. Things never go the way he wants, but he always manages to get up and continue the fight where he left off. The lines in which Laxness brings to life the independent, stubborn Bjartur and those around him with a sensitive and affectionate language follow in the footsteps of ancient Icelandic sagas, from Jomsviking ballads to the Eddas. Free Men is a fascinating classic that reaches beyond ages and places, telling the epic, sometimes comical adventure of a man who rebels against all kinds of domination and is determined to overcome every challenge. "Laxness's talent for imagination, symbol and expression brings to mind the great poets... Bjartur is a complex and fascinating symbol of the freedom of the peasants."
-The New York Times Book Review-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 511

Printing Year: 2015


Language: < /b>Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing