The Saga Of Grettir The Strong eBook

One of the greatest of the Icelandic sagas, told in the ringing English of William Morris. Grettir the Strong is unbeatable by any man alive, yet cursed from birth with ill luck and a terror of the dark — the price of his midnight wrestling match with the ghost Glam, the scene where all of Northern literature's undead begin. Outlawed at twenty and hunted for nineteen lonely years, Grettir is the saddest and most human of saga heroes. This edition presents the complete and unabridged translation, newly typeset and illustrated with 31 full-page color plates.