The Sagas of the Icelanders (Paperback, New ed)

A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest 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 Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured further west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America itself.

The 10 Sagas and seven shorter tales in this volume include the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif Eiriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World and contain the oldest descriptions of the North American continent.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	March 2001
Authors:	Jane Smiley
Dimensions:	213 x 145 x 55mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	782
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-100003-9
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Icelandic
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Sagas Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	0-14-100003-1
Barcode:	9780141000039

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