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The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Penguin Classics)
Leifur Eiricksson
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Description for The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Penguin Classics)
Paperback. Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Translator(s): Scudder, Bernard. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, ... Read more
Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140447736
SKU
V9780140447736
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Ref
99-99
About Leifur Eiricksson
Bernard Scudder lives in Reykjavik as a full-time translator. His translations encompass sagas, ancient and modern poetry, and leading contemporary novels and plays. In 1998 two novels in his translation were short-listed for the European Union's Aristeon Literary Prize. Ornolfur Thorsson was the editor of the World of the Sagas project which produced the multi-volume Sagas ... Read more
Reviews for The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Penguin Classics)
The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable... sure to become the standard.
The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement