Njal’s Saga
Robert Cook (transl.)How much do you like this book?
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Translated with Introduction and Notes by Robert Cook.
This translation first published in "The Complete Sagas of Icelanders (Including 49 Tales)" III, edited by Viðar Hreinsson (General editor), Robert Cook, Terry Gunnell, Keneva Kunz and Bernard Scudder Leifur Eiríksson Publishing Ltd, Iceland 1997
Written in the thirteenth century, "Njal's Saga" is a story that explores perennial human problems - from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, "Njal's Saga" tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all.
This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.
This translation first published in "The Complete Sagas of Icelanders (Including 49 Tales)" III, edited by Viðar Hreinsson (General editor), Robert Cook, Terry Gunnell, Keneva Kunz and Bernard Scudder Leifur Eiríksson Publishing Ltd, Iceland 1997
Written in the thirteenth century, "Njal's Saga" is a story that explores perennial human problems - from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, "Njal's Saga" tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all.
This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.
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Year:
2001
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Language:
english
Pages:
384
ISBN 10:
0140447695
ISBN 13:
9780140447699
Series:
Penguin Classics. World of the Sagas
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EPUB, 754 KB
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CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2001
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