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The fish can sing (1st Vintage International ed.)

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The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldr Laxnesss most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor.The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple.

Alfgrimur dreams only of becoming a fisherman like his adoptive grandfather, until he meets Iceland's biggest celebrity.

The opera singer Gardar Holms international fame is a source of tremendous pride to tiny, insecure Iceland, though no one there has ever heard him sing.

A mysterious man who mostly avoids his homeland and repeatedly fails to perform for his adoring countrymen, Gardar takes a particular interest in Alfgrimurs budding musical talent and urges him to seek out the world beyond the one he knows and loves.

But as Alfgrimur discovers that Gardar is not what he seems, he begins to confront the challenge of finding his own path without turning his back on where he came from.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Product Details
Vintage International
0307389340 / 9780307389343
eBook (EPUB)
19/02/2008
English
246 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Originally published as Brekkukotsannâall. Reykjavâik Helgafell, 1957 Derived record based on unviewed print version record.