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Laxness's work is an example of voice and style as far more important than subject matter. Would I choose a book about a poor, obstinate, cranky sheep farmer who alienates and overworks (to death, in one case) everyone in his life and never appreciates a kindness? Whose main concern is sheep -- their worms, their behavior -- to such an extent that he nearly dies of misadventure hunting down one missing ewe (missing due to an interesting twist I won't reveal), and through these personal idiosyncr
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