The Great Weaver From Kashmir av Halldor Laxness

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<b>From Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness </b><br><b></b><br><b>“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.”  — <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>“Finally, finally, an imposing work of fiction, which rises like a cliff from the flatness of Icelandic poetry and fiction of recent years!”  —Kristján Albertsson, <i>Vaka 1927</i></b><br><b><i></i></b><br><i>The Great Weaver from Kashmir</i> is Laxness’ first major novel, the book that propelled Icelandic literature into the modern world. Shortly after World War One, Steinn Elliði, a young philosopher-poet dandy, leaves the physical and cultural confines of Iceland’s shores for mainland Europe, seeking to become “the most perfect man on earth.” His