Salka Valka

Salka Valka, Halldor, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955 for her vivid, epic literary creativity that opened a new page in Icelandic literature It is Laxness' masterpiece. In this novel, Laxness brings the reader face to face with the painful lives of fishermen whose moral sense has collapsed but is inflated with religious feelings in a small fishing town shivering in the freezing cold of Iceland, and reveals the difficult life conditions and struggle of a strong woman. Poverty, exploitation and despair are depicted in a very striking manner in the novel, which centers on a young girl named Salka, who had to grow up without being able to experience her childhood. Salka, together with her mother Sigurlina, leaves their home in the north and sets off to the south of Iceland, longing for a better life. But they have to take a break in a small village called Oseyri and cannot leave again. As weak-willed as Sigurlina is, her daughter is also stronger. His strong will brings Salka to the front lines of the rebellion against poverty. Salka Valka is the story of loneliness, despair, and embracing socialism as hope.


Thin Cover:

Number of Pages: 416

Print Year: 2011


e- Book:

Number of Pages: 377

Print Year: 2011


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Yordam Kitap

First Printing Year: < /strong>2011