{"product_id":"independent-people","title":"Independent People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author: a magnificent novel that recalls Iceland's medieval epics and classics, set in the early twentieth century starring an ordinary sheep farmer and his heroic determination to achieve independence. • \"A strange story, vibrant and alive…. There is a rare beauty in its telling.\" —\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf Bjartur of Summerhouses, the book's protagonist, is an ordinary sheep farmer, his flinty determination to free himself is genuinely heroic and, at the same time, terrifying and bleakly comic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving spent eighteen years in humiliating servitude, Bjartur wants nothing more than to raise his flocks unbeholden to any man. But Bjartur's spirited daughter wants to live unbeholden to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ehim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. What ensues is a battle of wills that is by turns harsh and touching, elemental in its emotional intensity and intimate in its homely detail. Vast in scope and deeply rewarding, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date- 01\/14\/1997- Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67600178479414,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/9780679767923.jpg?v=1790617736","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/independent-people","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}