Njal's Saga

Leifur Eiricksson, Robert Cook, Robert Cook , Robert Cook

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Icelandic

Penguin Classics
30 January 2002

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Sagas; Local history; Penguin Black Classics; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

New edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, Njal's Saga tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.

By: Leifur Eiricksson, Robert Cook
Text by: Robert Cook
Edited by: Robert Cook
Translated by: Robert Cook
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780140447699
ISBN 10: 0140447695
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 30 January 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Cook is Professor of English at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik.

Reviews for Njal's Saga

For years students and teachers of Husserl's 'breakthrough' work, as he calls it, have had to contend with the original hardcover edition that was almost as inaccessible as it was expensive. Not only can members of the graduate seminars now avail themselves of a reasonable priced, complete edition, but teachers of undergraduate students can introduce them to this rich work in abridged form at a relatively inexpensive price. <br>-Daniel Dalhstrom, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, April 11, 2002 <br>