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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140447733

ISBN-139780140447736

eBay Product ID (ePID)47036977

Product Key Features

Book TitleSaga of Grettir the Strong

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Medieval, Sagas, Literary

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction, Literary Collections

AuthorBernard Scudder

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"An amazing epic--as revenge-driven as the Greeks, with fight scenes rivaling today's superhero action films." Rita Dove, The New York Times Book Review "The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable. . . . Sure to become the standard." -- The Times Literary Supplement, "The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable... sure to become the standard." -- The Times Literary Supplement, The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable... sure to become the standard. (The Times Literary Supplement), "The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable... sure to become the standard." - The Times Literary Supplement, The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable... sure to become the standard. ( The Times Literary Supplement ), "The [translation is] generally excellent; accurate and readable... sure to become the standard."-- The Times Literary Supplement

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal839.6/3

SynopsisComposed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, trolls and berserks. A mesmerising combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of the saga writing. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, trolls and berserks. A mesmerising combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of the saga writing.

LC Classification NumberPT7269.G7