Sometimes grim, sometimes uproarious, and always captivating, Iceland's Bell by Nobel Laureate Halldor Laxness is at once an updating of the traditional Icelandic saga and a caustic social satire. At the close of the 17th century, Iceland is an oppressed Danish colony, suffering under extreme povert[...]

This title is a satire on politics, politicians, Communists, anti-Communists, phoney culture fiends, big business and all the pretensions of authority. The novel follows a country girl's experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament.[...]

In time for the centenary of Iceland’s Nobel laureate and author of Independent People–his delightful novel of a poor Icelandic farmer’s journey to Mormon Utah and back in search of paradise.

Steinar of Hlidar is a generous but very poor man, living peacefully on a remote I[...]

This magnificent novel--which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature--is at last available to contemporary American readers. Although it is set in the early twentieth century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. And [...]

DVD-en er ment som en idé-bank for aktiviteter. Opptakene er fra Skards undervisning i "Kunsten å være i bevegelse".[...]

Islantilaisen Halldór Laxnessin (1902-98) Salka Valka -romaanin tapahtumapaikkana on vähäinen kalastajakylä tunturien katveessa. Miten sellaisessa paikassa eletään ja kuinka kuollaan? Millaisia iloja ja suruja koetaan noiden himmeiden öljytuikkujen ympärillä? Tämä kylä tunnetaan nykyisin[...]