{"product_id":"world-light-paperback-by-halldor-laxness-translated-by-magnus-magnusson-with-a-new-introduction-by-sven-birkerts","title":"World Light Paperback by Halldor Laxness Translated by Magnus Magnusson, With a New Introduction by Sven Birkerts","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2002-10-08)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e624\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780375727573\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e453.6\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.0 x 5.2 x 1.13\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificently humane novel from the acclaimed Icelandic Nobel Prize winner: as an unloved foster child on a farm in rural Iceland, Olaf Karason has only one   consolation, the belief that one day he will be a great poet. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The indifference and   contempt of most of the people around him only reinforces his sense of destiny, for   in Iceland poets are as likely to be scorned as they are to be revered. Over the   ensuing years, Olaf comes to lead the paradigmatic poet’s life of poverty, loneliness,   ruinous love affairs and sexual scandal. But he will never attain anything like greatness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs imagined by Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness in this extraordinary novel,   what might be cruel farce achieves pathos and genuine exaltation. For as Olaf’s ambition   drives him onward—and into the orbits of an unstable spiritualist, a shady entrepreneur,   and several susceptible women—\u003ci\u003eWorld Light\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how the creative spirit can   survive in even the most crushing environment and even the most unpromising human   vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eHalladór Laxness was born near Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1902. His first novel was published when he wsa seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction, and one of the outstanding novelists of the century, he has written more than sixty books, including novels, short stories, essays, poems, plays, and memoirs. In 1955 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45242816168097,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375727573","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375727573.jpg?v=1761571447","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/world-light-paperback-by-halldor-laxness-translated-by-magnus-magnusson-with-a-new-introduction-by-sven-birkerts","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}