{"product_id":"salka-valka-1","title":"Salka Valka","description":"A new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness''s masterpiece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot'' Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51446663315803,"sku":"9781784877606","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/salka-valka-1","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}