When the Americans make an offer to buy land in Iceland to build a NATO airbase after World War II, a storm of protest is provoked throughout the country. The airbase provides Laxness with the catalyst for his astonishing and powerful satire. 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. Marvelling at the customs and behaviour of the people around her, she emerges as the one obstinate reality in a world of unreality. 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. A witty and moving satire on politics and politicians, Communists and anti-Communists, phoney culture fiends, big business and all the pretensions of authority, Laxness' masterpiece of social commentary is as relevant today as when it was written in 1948.
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Halldór Kiljan Laxness, Halldór Guðjónsson
Halldór Kiljan Laxness foi um escritor islandês. Ele ganhou o Prêmio Nobel de 1955 na literatura; ele é o único laureado islandês do Nobel. Ele escreveu romances, poesia, artigos de jornal, ensaios, peças de teatro, relatos de viagens e contos.
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