The Atom Station is the work of someone who has seen every cherished dream sold down the river, but who loves humanity too much to despair. His heroine refuses to be bullied or bought, a feminist before her t ...
Michael Faber, Guardian
Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot.
Daily Telegraph
An extraordinary book, brimming with little wisdoms, funny episodes, sharp phrases...and a determined optimism of spirit
The Times
The Atom Station is the work of someone who has seen every cherished dream sold down the river, but who loves humanity too much to despair. His heroine refuses to be bullied or bought, a feminist before her t ...
Michael Faber, Guardian
Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot.
Daily Telegraph
An extraordinary book, brimming with little wisdoms, funny episodes, sharp phrases...and a determined optimism of spirit
The Times
The Atom Station is the work of someone who has seen every cherished dream sold down the river, but who loves humanity too much to despair. His heroine refuses to be bullied or bought, a feminist before her t ...
Michael Faber, Guardian
Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot.
Daily Telegraph
An extraordinary book, brimming with little wisdoms, funny episodes, sharp phrases...and a determined optimism of spirit
Halldór Laxness is the undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction and was recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here is where to start reading his remarkable body of work.
