{"product_id":"the-sagas-of-icelanders-isbn-9780141000039","title":"The Sagas of Icelanders","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.\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Sagas of Icelanders       List of Illustrations and Tables\u003cbr\u003ePreface by Jane Smiley\u003cbr\u003e Introduction by Robert Kellogg\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Texts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSagas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEgil's Saga (trans. Bernard Scudder)\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of the People of Vatnsdal (trans. Andrew Wawn)\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of the People of Laxardal (trans. Keneva Kunz)\u003cbr\u003eBolli Bollason's Tale (trans. Keneva Kunz)\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi (trans. Terry Gunnell)\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of the Confederates (trans. Ruth C. Ellison)\u003cbr\u003eGisli Sursson's Saga (trans. Martin S. Regal)\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (trans. Katrina C. Attwood)\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of Ref the Sly (trans. George Clark)\u003cbr\u003eThe Vinland Sagas:\u003cbr\u003eThe Saga of the Greenlanders (trans. Keneva Kunz)\u003cbr\u003eEirik the Red's Saga (trans. Keneva Kunz)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Thorstein Staff-struck (trans. Anthony Maxwell)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Halldor Snorrason II (trans. Terry Gunnell)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Sarcastic Halli (trans. George Clark)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Thorstein Shiver (trans. Anthony Maxwell)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Audun from the West Fjords (trans. Anthony Maxwell)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Story-wise Icelander (trans. Anthony Maxwell)\u003cbr\u003eReference Section:\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations and Diagrams: Ships; The Farm; Social and Political Structure\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Characters\"One of the great marvels of World Literature.... This is a dream come true.\" --\u003cb\u003eTed Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A testimony to the human spirit's ability not only to endure what fate may send it but to be renewed by the experience.\" --\u003cb\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The glory of the Sagas is indisputable.\" --\u003cb\u003eMilan Kundera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Generally excellent, accurate and readable, these translations are sure to become the standard versions.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Smiley\u003c\/b\u003e's ten works of fiction include \u003cb\u003eThe Age of Grief\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Greenlanders\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOrdinary Love and Good Will\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMoo\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/b\u003e (which won the Pulitzer Prize), and most recently the bestselling \u003cb\u003eHorse Heaven\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304424165605,"sku":"NP9780141000039","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780141000039.jpg?v=1767741314","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sagas-of-icelanders-isbn-9780141000039","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}