The Sagas of Icelanders: a Selection
by Jane Smiley; Robert Kellogg; Karina Attwood; George Clark; Ruth C. Ellison; Terry Gunnell; Keneva Kuntz; Anthony Maxwell; Martin S. Regal; Bernard Scu
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- Paperback
- Condition
- USED - Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0965477703
- ISBN 13
- 9780965477703
- Seller
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Kew Gardens, New York, United States
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Kew and Willow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9780965477703
- Title
- The Sagas of Icelanders: a Selection
- Author
- Jane Smiley; Robert Kellogg; Karina Attwood; George Clark; Ruth C. Ellison; Terry Gunnell; Keneva Kuntz; Anthony Maxwell; Martin S. Regal; Bernard Scu
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- USED - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0965477703
- ISBN 13
- 9780965477703
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....