| Description |
624 pages ; 18 cm |
| Note |
"First published as Salka Valka in two volumes by Bókadeild Menningarsjóðs. Reykjavík, 1931-1932"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"On a winter night, an eleven-year-old Salvör and her unmarried mother Sigurlína disembark at the remote, run-down fishing village of Óseyri, where life is "lived in fish and consists of fish." The two struggle to make their way amidst the rough, salt-worn men of the town. After Sigurlína's untimely death, Salvör pays for her funeral and walks home alone, precipitating her coming of age as a daring, strong-willed young woman who chops off her hair, earns her own wages, educates herself through political and philosophical texts, and soon becomes an advocate for the town's working class, organizing a local chapter of the seamen's union. A feminist coming-of-age tale, an elegy to the plight of the working class and the corrosive effects of social and economic inequality, and a poetic window into the arrival of modernity in a tiny industrial town, Salka Valka is a novel of epic proportions, living and breathing with its vibrant cast of characters, filled with tenderness, humor, and remarkable pathos"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Orphans -- Fiction.
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Iceland -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Bildungsromans.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Roughton, Philip, translator.
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| Added Title |
Salka Valka. English.
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| ISBN |
9781953861245 (paperback) |
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