What is life like when you are young, beautiful and living happily in the land of the giants but happen to catch the eye of a god? How would you feel to be obliged to leave your homeland and cohabit with said god? Kristny reforms elements from ancient texts to tell the story of the abducted
Gerdur Gymisdottir.

In terms of the verse itself, this is a very short read with an illuminating introduction from Rory McTurk describing the background to this modern reworking of ancient myth. Despite his acclaimed translation, McTurk highly recommends the reader to read aloud in the original Icelandic (my edition is dual language) to acquire a real flavour for the distinctive metre that the author has employed. Quite a challenge...

As the publishers state "You could read the whole book in perhaps half an hour but it will take many months or years to begin to clear the ghosts and long-dead heroes from your mind." ( http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/gerdur-kristny-bloodhoof-444 )