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The Greenlanders
"Totally compelling...fsacinating....Sweeps the reader along...Jane Smiley is a true storyteller."
THE WASHINGTON POST
A magnificent novel of fourteenth-century Greenland, here is a rich and fascinating detail about the day-to-day lives--the joys and innumerble hardships--of a remarkable people. It is also the compelling story of one family--the proud land-owner Asgeir Gunnarsson, his daughter Margret, whose willfull independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile, and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. Echoing the simple power of the old Norse sagas, here is a novel that brings a remote civilization to life--and shows how it was very like our own.
THE WASHINGTON POST
A magnificent novel of fourteenth-century Greenland, here is a rich and fascinating detail about the day-to-day lives--the joys and innumerble hardships--of a remarkable people. It is also the compelling story of one family--the proud land-owner Asgeir Gunnarsson, his daughter Margret, whose willfull independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile, and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. Echoing the simple power of the old Norse sagas, here is a novel that brings a remote civilization to life--and shows how it was very like our own.
Book Details
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Publish Date: Sep 13rd, 2005
- Pages: 608
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.20in - 1.40in - 0.90lb
- EAN: 9781400095469
- Categories: • Literary• Historical - General• Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
About the Author
JANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, Golden Age, the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.
Praise for this book
"Impressive.... Haunting.... She is a diverse and masterly writer." --The New York Times Book Review "An epic masterpiece.... Spellbinding." --Newsday "A sprawling, multi-generational, heroic Norse narrative." --Chicago Tribune "Totally compelling.... Fascinating.... In the manner of the big books of the nineteenth century, in which complex family and community matters unravel--Dickens, Dumas, Tolstoy--The Greenlanders sweeps the reader along.... Smiley is a true storyteller." --The Washington Post