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Icelandic Histories and Romance
The Icelandic sagas, composed between the 12th and the 19th centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. After an extended and lively introduction to the genre, Ralph O'Connor provides new translations for 5 of the greatest of these sagas. We encounter a humble Icelandic scholar dreaming of a Viking past, a royal adventurer evading the horrible lusts of troll-women, a demon popping out of a lavatory, the death spasms of the old Northern gods, and unnatural acts in Muslim Germany.
336 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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October 16, 2024
Whenever I read books like this, I always end up enjoying the supplemental information more than the actual stories. Great for background information, but the Saga of Bard the Snowfell God was meh.
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