01761nam 22004213 450 991013670190332120230121002139.00-914671-10-3(CKB)3710000000907232(MiAaPQ)EBC6108582(Au-PeEL)EBL6108582(OCoLC)1156033320(EXLCZ)99371000000090723220210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWayward HeroesNew York :Steerforth Press,2016.©2016.1 online resource (333 pages)0-914671-09-X "Published in 1952, Wayward Heroes is part of the body of works for which Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955. It is a masterfully written tragicomedy about the oath-brothers Thorgeir and Thormod, inspired by the old Icelandic sagas Saga of the Sworn Brothers and Saga of Saint Olaf. The brothers fight for glory, raid for treasure, and seduce women against the backdrop of a new cult of Christianity. But where the old sagas depict their heroes as glorious champions, Laxness does the opposite. As Thormod avenges Thorgeir's death, he demonstrates the senselessness of violence and the endlessly cyclical nature of obsession"--Provided by publisher.IcelandFiction839.6934839.6934FIC019000FIC010000FIC002000bisacshLaxness Halldor789600Roughton Phillip1247629MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136701903321Wayward Heroes2892110UNINA