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...year-old Gunnar Gunnarsson, author of 30-odd books and plays, ranks with Scandinavian writers of the calibre of Selma Lagerlöf. Ships in the Sky is considered his major work. A long, simply written, autobiographical novel, it tells the story of a redheaded, imaginative peasant boy named Uggi Greipsson. Its distinguishing qualities are an unforced humor combined with uninhibited sentiment, clear characterizations of an Icelandic peasant family of 40 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Jan. 31, 1938 | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

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