Item #029087 World Light. Halldor Laxness.
World Light
World Light

World Light

Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. Item #029087

521(2) pages. Translated into English by Magnus Magnusson. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. The narrative of World Light is based on the life story of an Icelandic folk poet who died after a great poverty and hardship. A very good translation of Magnus Magnusson. The author was born in Reykjavik in 1902 and was known for his fervent Catholicism which he abandoned as he developed leftist sympathies. Bound in blue cloth, spine lettering silver, near fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket.

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