Oranges from Abkhazia # 84605
- Regular
- 2,900 kr
- Sale
- 2,900 kr
- Regular
Sold Out
- Unit Price
- per
Oranges from Abkhazia. Vera Hertzsch, Halldór Laxness and the Great Purges. By Jón Ólafsson.
Vera Hertzsch's name is inextricably linked to Halldór Laxness's showdown with communism, and in 1938 Vera and her daughter were captured in front of Halldór in Moscow. Decades passed without anyone knowing what became of them. This tragic story is finally told here to its end. Jón Ólafsson has researched Vera's life through dubious sources and also sheds light on Icelanders' encounters with Stalin's Soviet Union and the reasons why Vera became nationally known in this country long after she disappeared. (Bókatíðindi 2012).
Vera Hertzsch's name is inextricably linked to Halldór Laxness's showdown with communism, and in 1938 Vera and her daughter were captured in front of Halldór in Moscow. Decades passed without anyone knowing what became of them. This tragic story is finally told here to its end. Jón Ólafsson has researched Vera's life through dubious sources and also sheds light on Icelanders' encounters with Stalin's Soviet Union and the reasons why Vera became nationally known in this country long after she disappeared. (Bókatíðindi 2012).