The Saga of Grettir the Strong

The Saga of Grettir the Strong
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9780141937922
ISBN-13 : 0141937920
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Download or read book The Saga of Grettir the Strong written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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