This author praised the influence of Mormons in an article titled "Tales of the Promised Land. "
This author praised the influence of Mormons in an article titled "Tales of the Promised Land. "Inone of his novels, a man who gives a white horse to the king of Denmark ends up living withpolygamist Mormons in Utah. This author spent five years in a Luxembourg monastery, giving himunusual religious background seen in novels such as The Great Weaver of Kashmir. He described anAmerican attempt to build a nuclear (*) power station in Ugla's home country in his satirical novel TheAtom Station. In this author's best-known novel, the protagonist resists a curse laid by Kolumkilli byrenaming his farm Summerhouses. In that novel, Rosa dies in childbirth with her daughter Asta, and theprotagonist Bjartur farms sheep. For 10 points, name this novelist of Independent People, who was fromIceland.
This author praised the influence of Mormons in an article titled "Tales of the Promised Land. "
Haldor Laxness