Wayward heroes / Halldór Laxness ; translated from the Icelandic by Phillip Roughton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998, author.

Contributor:

Roughton, Philip, translator.

Standardized Title:

Gerpla. English

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Brothers--Fiction.

Brothers.

Sagas.

Iceland.

Heroes--Fiction.

Heroes.

Violence--Fiction.

Violence.

Sagas--Adaptations.

Iceland--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Adaptations.

Novels.

Physical Description:

467 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First Archipelago Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Archipelago Books, 2016.

Language Note:

Originally published in Icelandic as Gerpla (Reykjavík : Vaka-Helgafell, 1988. 4. útg.).

Notes:

"Published in 1952, Wayward Heroes is part of the body of works for which Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955. It is 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998. author. Wayward heroes

ISBN:

9780914671091

091467109X

OCLC:

932385674