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Islandia

Austin Tappan Wright

19421 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
1942
first published
  • 1958Rinehart · 1018 pages · ENG
  • 1971Arno Press · 1013 pages · ENG
  • 1975New American Library · 944 pages · ENG
  • 2001Overlook Press · 1024 pages · ENGISBN 9781585671489
  • 1966SignetISBN 9780451028709
  • 1993Lightyear Press · 1013 pages · ENGISBN 9780899683850
  • 1975Plume · 1 pages · ENGISBN 9780452256354
  • 1942Farrar & Rinehart · 1013 pages · ENG

Austin Tappan Wright left the world a wholly unsuspected legacy. After he died in a tragic accident, among this distinguished legal scholar's papers were found thousands of pages devoted to a staggering feat of literary creation—a detailed history of an imagined country complete with geography, genealogy, literature, language and culture. As detailed as J.R.R. Tolkien's middle-earth novels, Islandia has similarly become a classic touchstone for those concerned with the creation of imaginary world.

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