The Saga of Grettir the Strong
$37.34
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2005
Summary
First time in Penguin Classics for one of the most popular of the Icelandic sagas- an epic story of heroism and hubris.
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 farme…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447736 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140447733 |
| Author: | Örnólfur Thorsson, Bernard Scudder |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Critics Review
The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable… sure to become the standard. (The Times Literary Supplement)
“An amazing epic—as revenge-driven as the Greeks, with fight scenes rivaling today’s superhero action films.” ―Rita Dove, The New York Times Book Review
“The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable… . Sure to become the standard.” —The Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
Örnólfur Thorsson
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.
Orn lfur Thorsson was the editor of the World of the Sagas project which produced the multi-volume Sagas of Icelanders in Iceland in 1997.
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