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When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Her observations and experiences expose the bourgeois society of the south as rootless and shallow and in stark contrast to the age-old culture of the solid and less fanciful north.
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"[Laxness’] voice has a very funny peculiar, refreshing and intriguing mix of comic irony and metaphysical angst" (Marina Warner Observer)
"Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot." (Daily Telegraph)
"An extraordinary book, brimming with little wisdoms, funny episodes, sharp phrases...and a determined optimism of spirit" (The Times)
"Laxness was a genius" (New York Review of Books)
"Magnus Magnusson's translation reads smoothly and skilfully renders Laxness's dry and quirky wit" (Times Literary Supplement)
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"Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot." (Daily Telegraph)
"An extraordinary book, brimming with little wisdoms, funny episodes, sharp phrases...and a determined optimism of spirit" (The Times)
"Laxness was a genius" (New York Review of Books)
"Magnus Magnusson's translation reads smoothly and skilfully renders Laxness's dry and quirky wit" (Times Literary Supplement)
'Laxness has been hailed as Iceland's John Steinbeck, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair combined. His is a significant voice in world literature' Magnus Magnusson
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- Publication date2004
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Laxness has been hailed as Iceland's John Steinbeck, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair combined. His is a significant voice in world literature' Magnus MagnussonWhen the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after the Second World War, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. Narrated by a country girl from the north, the novel follows her experiences after she takes up employment as a maid in the house of her Member of Parliament. Her observations and experiences expose the bourgeois society of the south as rootless and shallow and in stark contrast to the age-old culture of the solid and less fanciful north.'The Atom Station is the work of someone who has seen every cherished dream sold down the river, but who loves humanity too much to despair. His heroine refuses to be bullied or bought, a feminist before her time, full of curiosity and spirit' Guardian When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after World War II, a storm of protest if provoked throughout the country. The airbase provides Laxness with the catalyst for his satire written in 1948. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099455158
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