Örnólfur Thorsson
Auteur de The Sagas of Icelanders
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Örnólfur Thorsson
The Sagas of Icelanders (1997) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions; Directeur de publication — 2,470 exemplaires
Brennu-Njáls saga: Með formála, skýringum og eftirmála um Íslendinga sögur (Sigildar sögur) (Icelandic Edition) (1991) 9 exemplaires
Sturlunga Saga I 2 exemplaires
Sturlunga Saga Skyringar og Fraedi 1 exemplaire
Völsunga saga; og, Ragnars saga loðbrókar 1 exemplaire
Grettis saga 1 exemplaire
The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Penguin Classics) 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Thorsson, Örnólfur
- Autres noms
- Thorsson, Ornolfur
- Date de naissance
- 1953
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Iceland
- Pays (pour la carte)
- Iceland
- Lieux de résidence
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Études
- University of Iceland
- Professions
- Secretary General
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 2,488
- Popularité
- #10,308
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 18
- ISBN
- 10
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 3
Egil's saga: Egil is a massive jerk, but maybe that's part of the point. Highlights are his drunken 3-year-old shenanigans and vomiting on a guy who insulted him. I've read this before as a standalone saga.
Vatnsdal saga: This starts off with a far more conventionally heroic hero. Knowing that these sagas are quasi-historical however, I can't help but wonder whether the main family protecting their community from practitioners of "witchcraft" might be a justification for all the people they murdered in order to stay in power. Conspiracy!
Laxardal Saga: Supposedly the crown jewel of Icelandic literature. Slow to get going. Makes me think twice about crossing Icelandic women - you want to divorce her for wearing breeches? Be prepared for her to wear breeches as she comes to stab you in bed! The main action of the story is an unfortunate feud which develops between foster-brothers surrounding a marriage. We also get Snorri the Godi who I'm pretty sure features in other sagas - he's a bit of a wily one!
Bolli Bollasons Tale: Some extra content focusing on one of the main characters from the above saga. A short episode detailing Bolli's trip to the north and the trouble he got into.
...okay I didn't get around to reviewing every tale, but I did read them all. Great stuff, but I'm all saga'd out for a while now!… (plus d'informations)