Wednesdays In Iceland - #4

Meetup with Halldór

Iceland came to me via a Meetup:

Talk and Walk: Independent People by Halldór Laxness, Walk Around the World Book Club.

I had found this group by chance, researching recent Halldór Laxness mentions on Google for my other other site, Laxness in Translation. My curiosity was piqued, to say the least, so I joined the group and we met last Sunday afternoon at a bakery in South Minneapolis. As with most book clubs, not every person finished the book but very understandable in that Independent People isn’t the easiest of reads. We did have a lively talk, however, with discussions of the book, Laxness himself, Iceland, as well as other world travel destinations. Despite a short mental lapse (Laxness went to a monastery, not a convent!) I managed not to make too big  a fool of myself. I left with the feeling that Laxness’ writing may have found a few new fans—they all took my Laxness in Translation business card—and I’ve noticed that some people have already visited the site. And no, we weren’t actually in Iceland, that just a Photoshop composite of a picture I shot in 2018.

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My return to Iceland countdown: 40 days!