Saga of Grettir the Strong


Gelesen von Alison Sawers

(4.5 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)

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)

Kapitel

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

Bewertungen

Super entertaining. One of my favorite new Sagas


(5 Sterne)

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.