Medieval Icelandic sagas are a great treasure of world literature. This book contains a sample of some of the shorter tales of the genre. You can think of them as a type of historical fiction: stories taking place just after the Vikings settled Iceland, but written a few hundred years later. These aren't the great larger than life sagas that describe the adventures of gods, monsters and heroes. The type of sagas presented here are more real to life.
Taking place at a harsher time and location, we here of the trials and tribulations of farmers, travelers, chieftains,
and kings. And dealing with such issues as poverty, betrayel, murder, kinship, misunderstandings and the ever pervasive blood feud! But there is humor and good nature in these tales too. The sagas are fun to read and move quickly. They are from a different world, but we can still relate to the characters because at a deeper level they tell the story of the vicissitudes concerning human interaction.
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