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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998.     Subjects     Brothers -- Fiction.     Heroes -- Fiction.     Violence -- Fiction.     Iceland -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998.       by title:      Wayward heroes / Hal...      Gerpla. English...       by call number:      FICTION LAX     Search the Web     Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998.     Brothers -- Fiction.     Heroes -- Fiction.     Violence -- Fiction.     Iceland -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Wayward heroes / Halldor Laxness ; translated from the Icelandic by Phillip Roughton. by Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998. Archipelago Books, 2016. Call #: FICTION LAX Subjects Brothers -- Fiction.   Heroes -- Fiction.   Violence -- Fiction.   Iceland -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780914671091 (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Gerpla. English Edition:  1st Archipelago Books ed. Description:  467 p. ; 18 cm. 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."--From publisher. Translated from the Icelandic. Genre:  Suspense fiction. Icelandic fiction -- Translations into English. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION LAX Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Jul 08, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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