The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback – Deckle Edge, March 1, 2001 by Robert Kellogg et al.

Description

Author: Robert Kellogg

Brand: Penguin Classics

Color: Black

Edition: 59821st

Format: Illustrated

Package Dimensions: 58x213x862

Number Of Pages: 848

Release Date: 01-03-2001

Details: Product Description
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 ten 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.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.
Review
“One of the great marvels of World Literature…. This is a dream come true.” —
Ted Hughes
“A testimony to the human spirit’s ability not only to endure what fate may send it but to be renewed by the experience.” –Seamus Heaney
“The glory of the Sagas is indisputable.” –Milan Kundera
“Generally excellent, accurate and readable, these translations are sure to become the standard versions.” –The Times Literary Supplement (London)
About the Author
Jane Smiley’s ten works of fiction include
The Age of Grief,
The Greenlanders,
Ordinary Love and Good Will,
Moo,
A Thousand Acres (which won the Pulitzer Prize), and most recently the bestselling
Horse Heaven.