Independent People (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Halldór Kiljan Guðjónsson
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: Iceland
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Marriage, Incest, Pregnancy, Immigration or emigration, Fathers, Death or dying, Illegitimacy, Childbirth, Sheep, Iceland or Icelanders
- Locales: Iceland
Characters Discussed
Gudbjartur Jonsson (Bjartur), a stubborn, roughly poetic, often cruel, fiercely independent crofter. He loses two wives, one quickly, the other after years of his harshness. He rears Asta, knowing of her illegitimacy. He loses several children in their infancy, Helgi as a child, and Nonni to a home in America. Only Gvendur remains after the ejection of the pregnant Asta, but even Gvendur longs to join Nonni in America and, later, to join the political radicals opposed to the Icelandic government. At last, reunited with Asta after the loss of his big,...
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