The Great Weaver from Kashmir

by Halldór Laxness

From Nobel Prize winner Halld?r Laxness

"Laxness brought the Icelandic novel out from the 'sagas' shadow...to read Laxness is also to understand why he haunts Iceland--he writes the unearthly prose of a poet cased in the perfection of a shell of plot, wit, and clarity." -- The Guardian

"Finally, finally, an imposing work of fiction, which rises like a cliff from the flatness of Icelandic poetry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979333083
• ISBN13: 9780979333088
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 7.3"