The Saga of Grettir the Strong

Name: The Saga of Grettir the Strong
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ISBN: 9780140447736

Örnólfur Thorsson, Bernard Scudder, Bernard Scudder

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Penguin Classics
26 May 2005

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Poetry by individual poets

First time in Penguin Classics for one of the most popular of the Icelandic sagas- an epic story of heroism and hubris.

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.

Introduction by: Örnólfur Thorsson
Translated by: Bernard Scudder, Bernard Scudder
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 238g
ISBN: 9780140447736
ISBN 10: 0140447733
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 May 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bernard Scudder lives in Reykjavik 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. Ornolfur Thorsson was the editor of the World of the Sagas project which produced the multi-volume Sagas of Icelanders in Iceland in 1997. Bernard Scudder lives in Reykjavik 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. Ornolfur Thorsson was the editor of the World of the Sagas project which produced the multi-volume Sagas of Icelanders in Iceland in 1997.