{"product_id":"the-saga-of-grettir-the-strong-paperback","title":"The Saga of Grettir the Strong - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnonymous\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBernard Scudder\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eOrnolfur Thorsson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, \u003ci\u003eThe Saga of Grettir the Strong\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernard Scudder\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Reykjavík as a full-time translator. His translations encompass sagas, ancient and modern poetry, and leading contemporary novels and plays. In 1998 two novels in his translation were short-listed for the European Union's Aristeon Literary Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ornólfur Thorsson\u003c\/b\u003e was the editor of the World of the Sagas project which produced the multi-volume Sagas of Icelanders in Iceland in 1997.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.66 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753863807264,"sku":"9780140447736","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ab6f8a44f452e893cdbfcf62a85cb97.webp?v=1780028524","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-saga-of-grettir-the-strong-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}