Author | Halldór Laxness |
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Original title | Atómstöðin |
Translator | Magnus Magnusson |
Language | Icelandic |
Genre | Novel |
Set in | Reykjavík, c. 1946/47 |
Publisher | Helgafell |
Publication date | 21 March 1948 |
Publication place | Iceland |
Published in English | 1961 (Methuen |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 276 (1948 first edition) |
OCLC | 3454358 |
839.6934 | |
LC Class | PT7511 .L3 |
The Atom Station (Icelandic: Atómstöðin) is a novel by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. The initial print run sold out on the day it was published, for the first time in Icelandic history.[1]