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The Saga of Grettir the Strong Paperback - 2005
by Anonymous; Bernard Scudder (Translator); Ornolfur Thorsson (Editor)
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. With a mesmerizing combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, it relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age as they are 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 civilization, fighting giants, trolls, and berserks.
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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. With a mesmerizing combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, it relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age as they are 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 civilization, fighting giants, trolls, and berserks.
- First time in Penguin Classics
- Includes genealogical tables, maps, suggestions for further reading, and a note on the translation
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- Title The Saga of Grettir the Strong
- Author Anonymous; Bernard Scudder (Translator); Ornolfur Thorsson (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Date November 29, 2005
- Features Glossary, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780140447736 / 0140447733
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.66 x 5.18 x 0.78 in (19.46 x 13.16 x 1.98 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Sagas, Old Norse literature
- Dewey Decimal Code 839.63
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