Author of the Month: Halldór Laxness

Our Author of the Month for October is the Icelandic novelist Halldór Laxness, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1955

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We Do Not Part

We Do Not Part

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Greek Lessons

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Human Acts

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The White Book

The White Book

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The Vegetarian

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With My Back to the World

With My Back to the World

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Recognising the Stranger

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Material World

Material World

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Smoke And Ashes

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The Secret Lives of Numbers

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American Genius, A Comedy

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Poor Artists

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The Third Realm

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The American No
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The American No

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Bring No Clothes
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Bring No Clothes

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The Eagle and the Hart
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The Eagle and the Hart

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A Thousand Feasts
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A Thousand Feasts

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Our Evenings
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Our Evenings

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Black Meme
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Black Meme

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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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Tell Me Everything
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Tell Me Everything

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Playground
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Playground

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The Future Future
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The Future Future

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Before We Forget Kindness
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Before We Forget Kindness

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Small Rain
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Small Rain

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What I Know About You
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What I Know About You

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Sonic Life

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Entitlement
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Entitlement

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A Woman Like Me: A Memoir
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A Woman Like Me: A Memoir

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The Headland
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The Headland

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The Women Behind the Door
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The Women Behind the Door

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Rare Singles
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Rare Singles

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John Berger
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John Berger

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If Only
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If Only

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A Voyage Around the Queen
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A Voyage Around the Queen

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Survival is a Promise
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Survival is a Promise

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Precipice
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Precipice

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Our Daily War
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Our Daily War

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Feeding the Monster
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Feeding the Monster

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Slugs: A Manifesto
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Slugs: A Manifesto

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Impossible Creatures

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The Voyage Home

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My Family and Other Rock Stars
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My Family and Other Rock Stars

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Ash Keys
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Ash Keys

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Strange Relations

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Which As You Know Means Violence
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Which As You Know Means Violence

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Parade
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Parade

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Gliff

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On Mysticism
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On Mysticism

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You Can't Please All
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You Can't Please All

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