Independent People

Set in the early decades of the twentieth century, Independent People is a masterly realist novel evoking in rich detail a family and a rural community struggling to survive in the starkest of landscapes.

In mijlocul deseurilor sumbre si inghetate ale unei ierni islandeze, Bjartur of Summerhouses isi ingrijeste oile. Un om mandru si incapatanat, care isi castiga viata umila intr-o lupta constanta impotriva naturii, si-a dobandit in cele din urma propria mica exploatatie dupa optsprezece ani ca mana angajata.