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The Fish Can Sing by Halldór Laxness, Magnus Magnusson (Translator) and the human cost ofThe Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldr Laxnesss most beloved novels, a poignant coming of age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor. The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple. Alfgrimur dreams only of becoming a fisherman like his adoptive grandfather, until he meets Iceland's biggest celebrity. The opera singer Gardar