Njal's Saga

Name: Njal's Saga
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780140447699
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By Robert Cook and Leifur Eiricksson

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Njal's Saga is a classic Icelandic saga that blends romance with themes of honour, family, and feuding. It follows the lives of key historical figures through complex relationships and conflicts, exploring the intricate tapestry of medieval Icelandic society. The narrative reveals the moral and social intricacies of the time, enriched by detailed characters and dramatic events.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in medieval Scandinavian literature and epic tales of love, honour, and vengeance. It weaves together themes of romance and family dynamics set against the dramatic backdrop of Icelandic sagas, offering rich storytelling with complex characters.

Njal's Saga

Set around the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity, this saga follows a 50 year blood-feud. The narrative focuses on Njal Thorgeirsson who, along with his family, is burnt alive in his home. The saga exposes the cathatic power of vengance and inadequacy of the law.

New edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas

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New edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems—from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control.

It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, Njal's Saga tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all.

This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140447699

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Edited by Robert Cook
Translated by Robert Cook

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 432

Collections

Biography & Memoir Fiction General Fiction Leifur Eiricksson Penguin Books Penguin Classics Robert Cook Romance

About the Author

Robert Cook is Professor of English at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.