{"product_id":"salka-valka","title":"Salka Valka","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new translation of Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness''s masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate one snowy midwinter night, in a remote Icelandic fishing village, a penniless woman arrives by boat. She comes with her daughter, the young but gutsy Salka Valka. The two must forge a life in this remote place, where everyone is at the mercy of a single wealthy merchant, and where everything revolves around fish. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter her mother''s tragic death, Salka grows into a fiercely independent-minded adult - cutting off her hair, educating herself and becoming an advocate for the town''s working class. A coming-of-age story, a feminist tale, a lament for Iceland''s poor - this is the funny, tender, epic story of Salka Valka.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Laxness is a poet who writes to the edges of the pages, a visionary who allows us a plot'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY PHILIP ROUGHTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313449574782,"sku":"NW9781784877606","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784877606.jpg?v=1778510779","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/salka-valka","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}