The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grettis_saga Release date is 2008-07-05
Produced by Douglas B. Killings, and David Reid, and John Servilio, and David Widger Produced by Douglas B. Killings, and David Reid, and John Servilio, and David Widger
"The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga" by Unknown is an Icelandic saga composed in the fourteenth century. It chronicles the tumultuous life of Grettir Ásmundarson, a fierce and ill-tempered outlaw in eleventh-century Iceland. After encountering a cursed undead shepherd, Grettir's fate darkens—he becomes perpetually unlucky, fearful of darkness, and condemned to nineteen years of isolation as a hunted man. This tale explores how a would-be hero's violent nature leads not to glory, but to betrayal and lonely exile. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Sagas -- Translations into English Vikings -- Fiction Grettir Ásmundarson, 996-1031 -- Fiction