The Sagas of the Icelanders
by
Jane Smiley
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0141000031
ISBN-13
9780141000039
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 24th, 2005
Print length
348 Pages
Weight
932 grams
Dimensions
21.30 x 14.50 x 6.00 cms
Product Classification:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Sagas
Ksh 4,150.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 14 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 14 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
A collection of stories, which depicts 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.
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.
Get The Sagas of the Icelanders by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Penguin Books Ltd and it has pages.
