Gens indépendants

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Cette saga épique retrace la vie et la lutte pour la survie de Bjartur de Summerhouses, un homme à l'esprit indomptable dans le paysage rude de l'Islande du tournant du siècle. C'est une exploration profonde de la résilience humaine, de la solitude et de la quête incessante d'indépendance face à des obstacles écrasants. Le récit examine le véritable coût de la liberté et les sacrifices que l'on fait pour préserver son intégrité et son autonomie.

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Independent People

Halldór Laxness

544pages
20 heures de lecture

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First published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined to eke a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family, will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Asta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartus's obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever. Written by the Nobel prize-winner dubbed the 'Tolstoy of the North', this is a magnificent portrait of the eerie Icelandic landscape and one man's dogged struggle for independence. 'There are good books and there are great books and there may be a book that is something still more- it is the book of your life' New York Review of Books