Books set in South Iceland, Iceland

South Iceland

• 1943

  Iceland’s BellLa Cloche d’Islande

  Halldór Laxness · novel · 1943

  1700s: a farmer accused of murder, a book collector, and the bell cut down at Thingvellir.

• 1280

  Njal’s SagaLa Saga de Njáll le Brûlé

  Anonymous · novel · 1280

  Around the year 1000: two friends, their wives’ feud, and a farm burned with its people.