The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane Smiley

The Sagas of Icelanders

Íslendingasögur/Sagas of Icelanders

Jane Smiley with George Clark (Contributor), Bernard Scudder (Contributor), Keneva Kunz (Contributor), Katrina C. Attwood (Contributor), Ruth C. Ellison (Contributor), Martin S. Regal (Contributor), Andrew Wawn (Contributor), Terry Gunnell (Contributor), Robert H. Kellogg (Contributor), Anthony Maxwell (Contributor)

848 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 Shakespear...

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