pickIn the early 1900s, Bjartur lived in a sod house he called Summerhouses, and he owed no debt after 19 years raising sheep and paying off the land. Bjartur valued nothing more than being debt-free (& therefore being an independent man) and his sheep. He begrudged anyone and anything threatening either one, at the expense of his enduring family. His stubbornness cost him family members‘ lives and it seemed the losses didn‘t affect him, until ⬇️
Texreader his daughter Asta Sollilja, his “flower,” re-enters his life. I found Bjartur very frustrating. While sometimes his actions were understandable, most of the time it felt like they cost him and his family so much…keeping them in unimaginable poverty. But what great insight about the country of #Iceland, since it was written somewhat close in time (1934-35) to the fictional story‘s setting. #foodandlit (edited) 2h
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