{"product_id":"salka-valka-halldor-laxness-9781784877606","title":"Salka Valka","description":"A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness's masterpiece\nLate one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The two must forge a life in this remote place, where everyone is at the mercy of a single wealthy merchant, and where everything revolves around fish. \nAfter her mother's tragic death, Salka grows into a fiercely independent-minded adult - cutting off her hair, educating herself and becoming an advocate for the town's working class. A coming-of-age story, a feminist tale, a lament for Iceland's poor - this is the funny, tender, epic story of Salka Valka. \n'Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot' Daily Telegraph\nTRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410206527776,"sku":"9781784877606","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781784877606.jpg?v=1768664424","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/salka-valka-halldor-laxness-9781784877606","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}