The Fish Can Sing

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780307386052 Author(s): Halldor Laxness Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2008 Publisher: Random House USA Inc Pages: 272 Series: Vintage International

Description: One of the most beloved novels from the Nobel Prize winner, aA‚ poignant coming-of-age tale marked with the peculiar Icelandic blend of light irony and dark humor. A?Â?A‚ With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres.A‚  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 HolmA?s 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 AlfgrimurA?s 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.

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