Chapter 9
When I was a kid, my father took us to Seven Sister
Laxness and the Holdomor
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Laxness and the Black Maggots
When I got to the nursing home, the residents were having dinner. They sat four to a table but one of the people who usually sat at Valdi
Beginning to unravel Kiljan’s Mystery
Chapter 7
The Valkyrie disses Laxness
Hulga turned up at my door looking like a Valkyrie. Five foot six maybe, brunette hair going gray, eyes like flashing lights and a tightness of the skin under her nose that presaged unpleasant things to come. If Valdi was now close to 90, his daughter would be around fifty four.
If I remembered correctly, he said Mary had their daughter a year after they got married. There wasn
Laxness: hypothermia in the Interlake
Chapter 3
After Valdi told me about the desperate night on the road after Laxness
Laxness in the Interlake (chapter 2)
My conversations with Valdimar Vigfusson from Vidir took place over a long period of time. I was often away, he was often not feeling well, sometimes he was just feeling stubborn and unappreciated. I couldn
Laxness in the Interlake
I was visiting Valdi Vigfusson in the nursing home in Gimli, Manitoba, and mentioned that I was reading one of Laxness
