{"product_id":"used-njals-saga-cook-transl-penguin-ed","title":"USED Njal's Saga (Cook transl. - Penguin ed.)","description":"\u003cp class=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Anonymous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator\u003c\/strong\u003e: Robert Cook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780140447699\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Literature of the Middle Ages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in the thirteenth century, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNjal's Saga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a story that explores perennial human problems--from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eNjal's Saga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Lit-Middle-Ages","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48523130896608,"sku":"Books:9780140447699u","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/NJAL.jpg?v=1716500530","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/used-njals-saga-cook-transl-penguin-ed","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}