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An Immense Piece Of Great—Brad Leithauser Responds
Sam Knight carries a very heavy backpack—a mountainous ideological load—so he’s perhaps to be excused somewhat if in his recent musings on Halldor Laxness’s ‘Independent People’ he makes mistakes. But he makes plenty, large and small. A small point first. Knight attacks…
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Do Not Praise That POS Bjartur: Independent People, Reviewed
Six decades ago this year, Halldór Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland.” Having just read ‘Independent People’—Laxness’ most celebrated work; largely the reason for the honour—it’s…
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How The Pirates Are Taking Over Icelandic Politics
If you’ve been online in the past seven years, you most likely know that the world has a minor fascination with Iceland’s criminal justice system. A number of stories with a varying degree of accuracy—some wholly false—have gone viral, trumpeting Iceland’s unique…