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Eiricksson, Leifur

 
9780670889907: The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0670889903 ISBN 13 : 9780670889907
Editeur : Allen Lane, 2000

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In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.

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"One of the great marvels of World Literature.... This is a dream come true." --Ted Hughes

"A testimony to the human spirit's ability not only to endure what fate may send it but to be renewed by the experience." --Seamus Heaney

"The glory of the Sagas is indisputable." --Milan Kundera

"Generally excellent, accurate and readable, these translations are sure to become the standard versions." --The Times Literary Supplement (London)

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Éditeur
Allen Lane
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0670889903
ISBN 13 
9780670889907
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
848
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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