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Title: Sheepless in Minneapolis
Review: A wonderful book. It starts slowly as all great novels do, then you're hooked. On every level the book succeeds, as nature writing, as an exploration of themes big and small, as a history of of a country - and of a lifestyle - "Independent People" is a harrowing, often tragic look at life on a sheep farm, in the early part of the twentieth century.Set in Iceland (Minnesota without cars), the story is about a very stubborn father and his innocent, spirited daughter. Their battle of wills is fascinating, and often frightening, as tensions build as she matures. The writing is remarkable. Laxness can do it all: The story moves from tragedy, to the bleak and comic, to the touching, swiftly. And the nature writing is magnificent. This is the best book I've read in years.
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