Saga of Grettir the Strong


Lu par Alison Sawers

(4.5 étoiles; 2 critiques)

The Saga of Grettir the Strong is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga about Grettir, the longest-enduring outlaw in medieval Iceland. Its monster fights and sorcery have inspired many people with a love of Icelandic sagas, and its depiction of the undead has influenced later portrayals of Viking monsters.(Summary by Alison Sawers) (6 hr 32 min)

Chapitres

Chapters 1–4 13:02 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 5–7 8:46 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 8–11 9:51 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 12–13 9:54 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 14–16 16:39 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 17–18 13:46 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapter 19 13:41 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 20–21 10:41 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 22–25 12:40 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 26–27 9:14 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 28–31 16:59 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 32–33 13:21 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 34–35 11:19 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 36–41 19:56 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 42–46 13:51 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 47–48 11:41 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 49–51 12:32 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapter 52 8:03 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 53–58 20:00 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapter 59 9:04 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 60–62 13:35 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 63–67 17:34 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 68–71 14:03 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 72–73 12:08 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 74–77 9:53 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 78–81 17:38 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapter 82 11:28 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 83–87 16:36 Lu par Alison Sawers
Chapters 88–93 24:11 Lu par Alison Sawers

Critiques

Super entertaining. One of my favorite new Sagas


(5 étoiles)

I had read ABOUT Grettirs Saga before but this is the first time I read/heard the thing itself and it might be my new favorite. Grettir is a brooding abrasive Anti-Hero that would be perfectly at home in a Spaghetti Western alongside Clint Eastwood. This Saga is full of action, Mexican(or in this case Icelandic) stand-offs, stoic one-liners and even darkly comedic moments as well as no shortage of violence and of course the one thing that Historical Sagas can not go without: a fair amount of law-and-order-y debates at the Icelandic Lawcourts about who did and didn't deserve killing and what's to be done about it. Allison Sawers, the reader, is excellent also, fluent and well pronounced reading throughout. Thoroughly entertaining and gives a good insight into the "Viking" mindset in a more down to earth way than do the more fantastical and romanticized Sagas. The narrative does an excellent job of making you believe that everything that happens in this Saga actually happened.