28276

Journal Article

English

Tate, George S.

Halldór Laxness, the Mormons and the Promised Land

Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought

Spring 1978

11

2

Stanford, CA

Dialogue Foundation

1978

25-37

In 1960, Halldór Laxness published Paradise Reclaimed, a novel about an Icelandic farmer whose search for the Promised Land leads him to convert to Mormonism, move to Utah, and then back to Iceland. This article examines Laxness's views of the Mormon religion

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Iceland
Laxness, Halldór
Literature, Mormon image in
Public image, 20th century

3

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