Merchant Gúðmúnsen
Brekkukotsannáll (The Fish Can Sing) (1957)
“In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue.”
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Solitude
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