Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories
by:
Unknown (author)
Hermann Pálsson (author)
They date from the thirteenth century and fall into two distinct groups. Hrafnkel's Saga, Thorstein the Staff-Struck, and Ale Hood are set in the pastoral society of native Iceland, the homely touch and stark realism giving the incidents a strong feeling of immediacy.
They date from the thirteenth century and fall into two distinct groups. Hrafnkel's Saga, Thorstein the Staff-Struck, and Ale Hood are set in the pastoral society of native Iceland, the homely touch and stark realism giving the incidents a strong feeling of immediacy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140442380 (0140442383)
ASIN: 140442383
Publish date: 1976
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Poetry,
Short Stories,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Epic Poetry,
Scandinavian Literature
The title story is much more consciously literary than the other stories in this short collection. It's a tale of broken oaths, murder, revenge, legal drama and redemption in medieval Iceland.Several of the other stories have similar themes but have a somewhat different tone, being more like a cross...
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