PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
[This] very readable and stimulating book opens our minds to the world of the sagas, the minds of their characters, and of Njáls saga in particular, and leaves us admiring a thrilling reading in which the professor of law engages us with the saga more successfully than many a literary critic. * Judith Jesch, Times Literary Supplement * Here Miller is an astute guide, explaining (as the saga-author doesn't) what the fixers and the wise men of Iceland must have been thinking. * Tom Shippey, London Review of Books * Brilliant. Miller's impressive reading of this Icelandic masterpiece is thought provoking, informative, entertaining, challenging, and thoroughly delightful. Those new to the saga will be enthralled, and those already familiar with it will find something new here. Miller seamlessly weaves the reading of Njáls Saga with his knowledge of medieval Icelandic law and society, demonstrating his mastery of the subject while highlighting his admiration of the saga and its anonymous author. Miller explores the subtle genius of the saga and explains it to modern readers with rare insight. Miller's knowledge and love of Njáls Sag and his wit in discussing it, make this a rare and thoroughly successful reading of the work. He is a truly gifted scholar. * A. E. Leykam, CHOICE * I cannot imagine an academic text which I would have had as much pleasure quarrelling with as assenting to, nor an author more able than Miller to enlighten, surprise, and delight expert and lay readers alike. * Slavica Rankovic, Modern Language Review *
