World Light
by Halldór Laxness (Author); Sven Birkerts (Introduction by); Magnus Magnusson (Translated from the Icelandic by)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375727574
- ISBN 13
- 9780375727573
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About This Item
New York: Vintage International/Published by Vintage Books/A Division of Random House, Inc., 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Ingsu Liu (Cover Design); Louise Matthiasdottir (Cover Painting);. 605 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.
Synopsis
Halladór 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.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- World Light
- Author
- Halldór Laxness (Author); Sven Birkerts (Introduction by); Magnus Magnusson (Translated from the Icelandic by)
- Illustrator
- Ingsu Liu (Cover Design); Louise Matthiasdottir (Cover Painting);
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375727574
- ISBN 13
- 9780375727573
- Publisher
- Vintage International/Published by Vintage Books/A Division of Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- General Fiction
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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