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Njal's Saga (Paperback, New edition)
Lee Milton Hollander; Introduction by Thorsteinn Gylfason; Series edited by Tom Griffith
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Translated by Lee M. Hollander, with an Introduction by Thorsteinn
Gylfason. Njal's Saga is the finest of the Icelandic sagas, and one
of the world's greatest prose works. Written c.1280, about events a
couple of centuries earlier, it is divided into three parts: the
first recounts the touching friendship between noble Gunnar and the
statesman Njal, together with the fatal enmity between their wives.
The second part works out the central tragedy of the saga, while
the third describes the retribution wrought by Flosi and Kari. The
saga is remarkable not only for the details of everyday life - the
farming, the feasting and the charcoal-burning - but also for the
social structure of the society in which that life took place - the
Althing or Parliament, the lawmaking and the lawgiving. The
grandeur of the narrative and the beauty and distinction of the
characters mark Njal's Saga as an essential text for all who love
adventure and great literature.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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