Leifur Eiriksson

Broschiertes Buch

Egil's Saga

Beschreibung

Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth- century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality.

Autor

Bernard Scudder 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. Svanhildur Óscarsdóttir has a research post at the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík. She has published on Icelandic literature, medieval and modern.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 212g
• ISBN-13: 9780140447705
• ISBN-10: 0140447709
• Artikelnr.: 21347580