false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172215962m/150472.jpg 150472 8 <b>A childhood in Iceland is the background to this powerful and evocative tale</b>.<br><br>Halldor Laxness's wistfully tender novel tells the tale of Alfgrim, an abandoned child, whose mother gave birth to him in the turf-and-stone cottage of Bjorn of Brekkukot, the fisherman, on the outskirts of what is now Reykjavfk. It evokes his boyhood and youth, spent at his grandparents' home in the early years of the twentieth century, a hospitable place where dignified understatement was the norm and where everything from a lumpfish to a Bible had a fixed price that never changed.<br> 308523 1957 The Fish Can Sing total:112|5:33|4:42|3:30|2:2|1:5| 112 432 181 23 4 1 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:07:09 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 12:09:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 13 09:14:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:15:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Feb 13 07:03:51 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 09:21:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:45:41 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:48:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 20:04:59 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 16:35:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 10:58:49 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 05:33:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 17:01:18 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:01:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false true Sat Oct 11 18:49:50 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 18:59:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 07 12:40:04 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 12:40:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 12:40:40 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 12:41:13 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 09:13:13 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 15:12:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 11:54:03 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 19:09:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 17:31:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 06:18:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 15:41:58 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 15:44:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 25 06:38:19 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 06:41:51 -0700 2007
This is a heartwarming coming-of-age tale about a boy torn between his home and his dream. I like to i...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Dec 28 06:24:19 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 24 15:26:04 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 20:06:21 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 21:23:13 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 11:53:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 15:34:52 -0800 2009
Picked up a lot in the last 30-40 pages.
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