WAYWARD HEROES /Translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton.
Language: English Publication details: New York Archipelago Books 2016/01/01Edition: 1Description: 467ISBN:- 9780914671091
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A masterfully written tragicomedy about the oath-brothers Thorgeir and Thormod, inspired by the old Icelandic sagas Saga of the Sworn Brothers and Saga of Saint Olaf. The brothers fight for glory, raid for treasure and seduce women against the backdrop of a new cult of Christianity. But where the old sagas depict their heroes as glorious champions, Laxness does the opposite. As Thormod avenges Thorgeir's death, he demonstrates the senselessness of violence and the endlessly cyclical nature of obsession.
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